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Upgrade PDC to Win2K and change disk controller
I have an NT4 SP6a machine running as a PDC. I want to upgrade it to 2k and install AD. This is not a drama in itself. However in order to accomodate the extra requirements of WIN2K I have purchased another motherboard capable of handling more memory. I want to switch from an Intel 440BX board with the sytem/boot partition on IDE with software mirroring to an ABIT VP6 board using the promise fastrack ide raid. Is there a safe and reliable way to do this
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Saw the following not sure how reliable though
http://www.windowsreinstall.com/install/other/motherboard/w
in2k.htm
I was planning to ghost it first naturally but was unsure whether 2k's plug and play nature would make the upgrade easier if I upgraded to 2k before changing hardware. My main worry is not any of the video drivers etc but the fact that ntldr will have a fit and not load.
http://www.windowsreinstall.com/install/other/motherboard/w
in2k.htm
I was planning to ghost it first naturally but was unsure whether 2k's plug and play nature would make the upgrade easier if I upgraded to 2k before changing hardware. My main worry is not any of the video drivers etc but the fact that ntldr will have a fit and not load.
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jmiller how would I upgrade the drivers in particular those for the ide controller? I would obviously need to install the drivers before rebooting to the new controller or the install won't boot. I was planning on breaking the software mirror and using the existing disks with raid 1 performed by the hardware not software.
With all the changes you have going on, I would actually recommend breaking the mirror, upgrading to Windows 2000, creating the new hardware mirror, then upgrading the hardware in Windows 2000.
I was going to suggest using Sysprep as that would make the conversion very easy, but this will not work on a server.
Any way you try to attempt this, it will be risky, but the above order may be the safest.
I was going to suggest using Sysprep as that would make the conversion very easy, but this will not work on a server.
Any way you try to attempt this, it will be risky, but the above order may be the safest.
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AvonWyss - Great information. Can you give me a little background about where you got that information? I would like to learn more.
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Brilliant. Finally got to test it and it worked.
I would start by switching out the hardware and upgrading the drivers. Make sure that the machine still works. If not, go back to your restore image.
After the hardware upgrade, you should then try to upgrade the OS which is faily explanatory.
After all of that is done, I would install the 2nd drive then RAID the 2 IDE drives using the Boot Utility.