Restoring to different hardware

[Chris Patterson]

It is possible to take a backup of one Windows 2000 Server and restore it to
another server that has different hardware, i.e. mass storage, chipset,
video, etc? And are they any limitations?

 

[Chris Knapp]

Yes its possible. Not a good idea unless its an absolute emergency, though.
Sometimes, Windows will not boot afterwards (especially if going from a 1
cpu to 2+). 75% of the time it will figure itself out as it rebuilds the HAL
and reinstalls drivers. But in the long run, you will probably have problems
with the system.