<div>
yes...<br />
<br />
but you need to do a few steps more:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266679/?sd=RMVP&fr=1" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266679/?sd=RMVP&fr=1</a>
</div>


yes...

but you need to do a few steps more:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266679/?sd=RMVP&fr=1 [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266679/?sd=RMVP&fr=1]

<div>
Your link to MS site refers to the Windows 2003 DFS and FRS. &nbsp;We are using the Windows 2003 R2 DFS-R and I haven't been able to find anything on the different ways for prestaging data on the BO.
</div>


Your link to MS site refers to the Windows 2003 DFS and FRS.  We are using the Windows 2003 R2 DFS-R and I haven't been able to find anything on the different ways for prestaging data on the BO.

<div>
<div class="content wysiwyg-content">
I need to prestage a Branch Office server for file replication and I need to do this as soon as possible. &nbsp;We currently have 50-60GB of data and the link between the two sites is slow. &nbsp;I can have them send the server to me and I can connect it to the local network and prestage the data that way, but this will take the branch office server down for at least 4 or 5 days. &nbsp;My question for today is, can I copy all the data to an external hard drive send the drive to the Branch office and have them connect it to the server? &nbsp;At that point I can copy the data to the applicable direcotories and configure DFS-R. &nbsp;Will this scenario work? &nbsp;
</div>
</div>


I need to prestage a Branch Office server for file replication and I need to do this as soon as possible.  We currently have 50-60GB of data and the link between the two sites is slow.  I can have them send the server to me and I can connect it to the local network and prestage the data that way, but this will take the branch office server down for at least 4 or 5 days.  My question for today is, can I copy all the data to an external hard drive send the drive to the Branch office and have them connect it to the server?  At that point I can copy the data to the applicable direcotories and configure DFS-R.  Will this scenario work?  

DFS-R Prestaging

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).