Move to new hardware

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Dave Harry

I wish to move a 2003 standalone machine to new hardware without having to
reinstall from scratch.
Yes, technically this is a server question, but the answers seem better here
and should be the same between XP and 2003.

The PC has dynamic volumes as it used plain software mirroring. Yes, I've
made it hard for myself.
I put just one of the mirrors in the new hardware, and it booted but would
not start as the hardware was too different. Likewise, Safe Mode also bombed
out shortly before the GUI.

I've gotten rid og the dynamic volume by using another PC to create a
partition on a new disk, then copy all files from the dynamic volume to the
new disk (i.e. from D: to E: at a computer running on C:), ran recovery
console and did a FIXMBR and FIXBOOT.

The new disk is doing the same thing: try to start but get stuck before the
GUI and reboots.
Now, how can I get the sucker to actually start, so that I can detect new
hardware, etc?

TIA
 
H

Haggis

it is not supposed to ..but as always ..backup:> (was going to be my
suggestion) ..but you will have to reapply updates ...


Dave Harry said:
Will "Repair Install" destroy my previous installation?
 
D

Dave Harry

Hiya Haggis

It seems that copying the files to a new drive first, then running a repair
install was not the thing to do.
Folders have strange security settings and unknown users which I can't get
rid of. Well not easily.
I don't like unknown users.

I'll try backup (I still have the original hard disk mirror set), then
install a new basic volume and restore from Full + System State.

It's these darned dynamic volumes that are a pain in the proverbial.
"Want mirroring? Sure! Oh, but sorry you can't -access- it!"

Can ANYTHING else handle dynamic volumes, other than a loaded Windows OS?
I.e., any Partition Magic or Ghost, etc?

--
Dave Harry


Haggis said:
it is not supposed to ..but as always ..backup:> (was going to be my
suggestion) ..but you will have to reapply updates ...
 
M

Mario Schmidt

Dave said:
Hiya Haggis

It seems that copying the files to a new drive first, then running a repair
install was not the thing to do.
Folders have strange security settings and unknown users which I can't get
rid of. Well not easily.
I don't like unknown users.

I'll try backup (I still have the original hard disk mirror set), then
install a new basic volume and restore from Full + System State.

It's these darned dynamic volumes that are a pain in the proverbial.
"Want mirroring? Sure! Oh, but sorry you can't -access- it!"

Can ANYTHING else handle dynamic volumes, other than a loaded Windows OS?
I.e., any Partition Magic or Ghost, etc?

AFAIK Acronis TrueImage and DiscDirector can.

I think your problem is that the new computer needs a different HAL.

You need to put back the disks into the old computer, bootup and follow
this guide to change to another HAL:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309283/EN-US/

I think the new hardware is a hyperthreaded CPU der a dual-core which
causes the problem.
 
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Dave Harry

Hello Mario

The old machine is a P3-500 and the newer one a P4-2600 / HT as you deduced.

So a new HAL could well do it.
I couldn't see a way to change the HAL without reinstalling, is there such a
possibility?

The 500 is a mail/web server which is back in service for now. I have
backups and "stolen" disk mirrors, but must minimize its downtime - I have a
P3-800 handy too, if I can use it to change HAL.
 
D

Dave Harry

Ok, I've done it!

On the original machine, I disconnected mirror0 and installed XP SP2
"Upgrade" fro the GUI on mirror1.

Shutdown, remove mirror1, reconnect mirror0, and fire up the old machine
again.
On the new PC, install mirror1, follow setup process, hitting F5 to prompt
for new HAL as ACPI Multiprocessor.

Bingo! It works.

Thanks for the advice, Haggis, Mario and Hans-Georg
 

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