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Urgent system state question.
Can I take a backup of the system state on an AD domain controller, replace the HDD, reinstall 2000 Server and do an authorative restore using the backed up system state data.
My problem is I have a single domain controller with a failing hard disk holding the system and boot files and need to replace it without losing the user information. ie. permissions, groups etc.
Any other solutions welcome. I have already tried ghosting the partition / disk, mirroring the drive but in both situations comes up with a disk I/O error.
My problem is I have a single domain controller with a failing hard disk holding the system and boot files and need to replace it without losing the user information. ie. permissions, groups etc.
Any other solutions welcome. I have already tried ghosting the partition / disk, mirroring the drive but in both situations comes up with a disk I/O error.
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Ghost has an option to skip/ignore defective sectors. This may allow you to ghost a working copy of your partition.
Also
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/support/recovery.asp
So that you will know how to recover from a worst case scenario.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/support/recovery.asp
So that you will know how to recover from a worst case scenario.
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Didn't solve my problem, but gave me a lot more to think about. Had to do a complete rebuild.
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q249694
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