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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
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