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From: Leythos on 24 May 2010 15:44
In article <ebStYd0#KHA.148(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, neil(a)parkwaycc.co.uk
says...
>
> Cliff Galiher - MVP wrote:
>
> > What cloning tool did you try and how did it fail? That would still
> > be the best approach if we can find the problem.
>
> The cloning tool I tried was Ghost 2003 and the cloned disk would not
> boot correctly. It boots in Safe Mode with Networking, but when I tried
> to boot normally I found that none of the SQL Express instances would
> start and the server would reboot before the Ctrl+Alt+Del screen could
> appear.

You make a ghost boot disk, boot to dos, the run the ghost tool to clone
DISK TO DISK, remove the old disk before you reboot, make sure the new
(cloned) disk is in the same location as the old disk.

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From: Cliff Galiher - MVP on 24 May 2010 17:02
A reboot outside of safemode sounds like a HAL issue. These usually only
occur if the cloning tool tried to be "smart" and leave your system in a
"fresh install" state. Although I have not used Ghost in some years, there
should be an option to do an *exact* clone without reprepping the server.
If you can't find that option in Ghost, as Larry mentioned, there are
others.

-Cliff


"Neil Rashbrook" <neil(a)parkwaycc.co.uk> wrote in message
news:ebStYd0#KHA.148(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Cliff Galiher - MVP wrote:
>
>> What cloning tool did you try and how did it fail? That would still be
>> the best approach if we can find the problem.
>
> The cloning tool I tried was Ghost 2003 and the cloned disk would not boot
> correctly. It boots in Safe Mode with Networking, but when I tried to boot
> normally I found that none of the SQL Express instances would start and
> the server would reboot before the Ctrl+Alt+Del screen could appear.

From: Leythos on 24 May 2010 19:26
In article <28063D74-FE06-4581-ABD6-81FDAC8D95AA(a)microsoft.com>,
cgaliher(a)gmail.com says...
>
> A reboot outside of safemode sounds like a HAL issue. These usually only
> occur if the cloning tool tried to be "smart" and leave your system in a
> "fresh install" state. Although I have not used Ghost in some years, there
> should be an option to do an *exact* clone without reprepping the server.
> If you can't find that option in Ghost, as Larry mentioned, there are
> others.
>

by default, a dos boot Ghost, disk-disk, using Ghost 2003, not inside
Windows, will do a full clone of a disk and also allow you to change the
size (increase the drive size if the new drive is larger) - you must
have the proper drivers for both disk so that ghost can see both disks.

DO NOT RUN THIS IN A WINDOWS SHELL, it has to run using a ghost boot
diskette or CD for this to work exactly.

--
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voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that.
Trust yourself.
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From: Neil Rashbrook on 25 May 2010 04:14
Leythos wrote:

>In article <28063D74-FE06-4581-ABD6-81FDAC8D95AA(a)microsoft.com>, cgaliher(a)gmail.com says...
>
>
>>A reboot outside of safemode sounds like a HAL issue. These usually only occur if the cloning tool tried to be "smart" and leave your system in a "fresh install" state. Although I have not used Ghost in some years, there should be an option to do an *exact* clone without reprepping the server. If you can't find that option in Ghost, as Larry mentioned, there are others.
>>
>by default, a dos boot Ghost, disk-disk, using Ghost 2003, not inside Windows, will do a full clone of a disk and also allow you to change the size (increase the drive size if the new drive is larger) - you must have the proper drivers for both disk so that ghost can see both disks.
>
>DO NOT RUN THIS IN A WINDOWS SHELL, it has to run using a ghost boot diskette or CD for this to work exactly.
>
>
Yes, I was booting into DOS, but I was concerned that although Ghost
offered to increase the size, it didn't suggest the entire capacity of
the new disk, and overriding the size may have been a mistake.
From: Neil Rashbrook on 26 May 2010 07:06
Larry Struckmeyer[SBS-MVP] wrote:

> The only Officially Supported way to do this in Server 2003, including
> SBS 2003 is to backup, remove the old drive, install the new drive,
> install a base OS, update the OS service pack to whatever was on the
> box, and restore from backup.

Yes, well given that the (local disk) backup itself takes over 50%
longer than the clone, this is going to be the last resort option.
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