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I have a Windows 2000 Sever (the only server currently on the network) and I want to copy the User and Group Policy Information and data files to a new Windows 2003 Server running RAID 1. The data folders and files have numerous permission settings, i.e, some users have no access to some folders, some have read only and others have full access, etc. &nbsp;The old Windows 2000 Server will remain on the network as a backup &nbsp;This network is a workgroup and not a domain. &nbsp;Active Directory is not used. I have read that software packages don't always work. &nbsp;What is the easiest way to accomplish this? &nbsp;
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I have a Windows 2000 Sever (the only server currently on the network) and I want to copy the User and Group Policy Information and data files to a new Windows 2003 Server running RAID 1. The data folders and files have numerous permission settings, i.e, some users have no access to some folders, some have read only and others have full access, etc.  The old Windows 2000 Server will remain on the network as a backup  This network is a workgroup and not a domain.  Active Directory is not used. I have read that software packages don't always work.  What is the easiest way to accomplish this?  

Copying User Names, Passwords, Group Policies, Folders and Data Files w\Permissions from Windows 2000 Server to Windows 2003 Server

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).