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I agree. You will more likely win in the lottery then get this restore running on the laptop.<br />
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The Kirschi
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I agree. You will more likely win in the lottery then get this restore running on the laptop.

The Kirschi

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If you want to move an AD to new hardware your best bet is to install windows on the new hardware, add to the domain, move the fizmo rolls to the new server, then demote and retire the old server(s).
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If you want to move an AD to new hardware your best bet is to install windows on the new hardware, add to the domain, move the fizmo rolls to the new server, then demote and retire the old server(s).

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I have followed the instructions here<br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q249694/" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q249694/</a>&nbsp; <br />
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for moving an existng AD to new hardware. &nbsp;The new hardware is on a test network, and it is the first DC to be on a test forest. &nbsp;The new hardware will not boot. &nbsp;It just goes to a blank black screen. &nbsp;I am suspect of the boot.ini. &nbsp;The HAL version number and files are the same on the source and target computers, although the source is a server and the target is a laptop. Also, does AD need to be installed in the target before you restore the system drive and system state? &nbsp;It seems it would be but it is not mentioned in the article. &nbsp;Any ideas would be most appreciated.<br />
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Thanks.
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I have followed the instructions here

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q249694/  

for moving an existng AD to new hardware.  The new hardware is on a test network, and it is the first DC to be on a test forest.  The new hardware will not boot.  It just goes to a blank black screen.  I am suspect of the boot.ini.  The HAL version number and files are the same on the source and target computers, although the source is a server and the target is a laptop. Also, does AD need to be installed in the target before you restore the system drive and system state?  It seems it would be but it is not mentioned in the article.  Any ideas would be most appreciated.

Thanks.

Restoring DC/AD on new hardware

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).