scubaed69
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Restoring Exchange
OK, I have a Win2K server with Exchange 2K installed. I have been meaning to upgrade, so now I have a chance! I am getting an inaccessible boot device blue screen from my current installation after I installed .NET and MDAC. and rebooted. It could be a laundry list of things wrong with that installation. But, what I would like to know is, if I install a new drive and install WIND2K3 with Exchange 2K3 on a new drive, can I pull over my old information stores? I have a feeling I will be able to read the drives, the OS just won't boot on them. But, I have to get my Exchange data back. Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
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I have not used exmerge before. Will it work if the other Exchange 2K server store is not running? I may only have access to the data itself.
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Sounds like you ahve a dell server with Raid 5. That is another issue. Previously I have just recovered the store, resinstalled everything, including exchange. then set the "database restore tag on the mailbox stores" and copied the mdb into the directory.
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Shawn
You should be able to move the mailboxes using the exchange migration tool. Here is a nice little write-up on how to do it:
http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Exchange-Migration-Wizard.html
Hope this helps.