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Oh yeah if you have a drive with 60GB (Full) ghost will take you over an hour to image and about the same time to restore.<br />
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-D-
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Oh yeah if you have a drive with 60GB (Full) ghost will take you over an hour to image and about the same time to restore.

-D-

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Dear All,<br />
<br />
I'm upgrading the current file server (mirrored) to a bigger capacity (60GB &gt;&nbsp;160GB). Well, I have came up with a solution:<br />
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1. Break the exisiting mirror.<br />
2. Take out the secondary partition and put in the new 160GB as the secondary partition.<br />
3. Use Norton Ghost 2003 to clone the 60GB to the 160GB.<br />
4. Place the new 160GB as the primary drive.<br />
5. Place the other 160GB and mirror it from there.<br />
<br />
Would appreciate comments if there's any better solution than this.<br />
<br />
Secondly, I've never cloned a 60GB before I wouldn't know how long it'd take. The management just wants 'minimal downtime' and preferbally &lt;&nbsp;an hour, which I think its impossible.<br />
<br />
Lastly, during the mirroring part, is it still possible for users to access their files without problems at all?<br />
<br />
Cheers,<br />
REX<br />
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Dear All,

I'm upgrading the current file server (mirrored) to a bigger capacity (60GB > 160GB). Well, I have came up with a solution:

1. Break the exisiting mirror.
2. Take out the secondary partition and put in the new 160GB as the secondary partition.
3. Use Norton Ghost 2003 to clone the 60GB to the 160GB.
4. Place the new 160GB as the primary drive.
5. Place the other 160GB and mirror it from there.

Would appreciate comments if there's any better solution than this.

Secondly, I've never cloned a 60GB before I wouldn't know how long it'd take. The management just wants 'minimal downtime' and preferbally < an hour, which I think its impossible.

Lastly, during the mirroring part, is it still possible for users to access their files without problems at all?

Cheers,
REX



upgrading harddisk on file server (W2K 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).