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Most often, these kinds of problems, in my experience, are storage controller driver issues. &nbsp;If you can, determine which controller you have, then locate updated drivers. &nbsp;Try replacing the .sys file in the drivers with the newer .sys file in c:\winnt\system32\drivers.<wbr /> &nbsp;No promises that this will fix it, but it might. &nbsp;One thing - do NOT delete the existing driver - RENAME it so you can put it back in the event I'm wrong and it's not this driver causing the problem.
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Most often, these kinds of problems, in my experience, are storage controller driver issues.  If you can, determine which controller you have, then locate updated drivers.  Try replacing the .sys file in the drivers with the newer .sys file in c:\winnt\system32\drivers.  No promises that this will fix it, but it might.  One thing - do NOT delete the existing driver - RENAME it so you can put it back in the event I'm wrong and it's not this driver causing the problem.

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Thanks, but I can't even boot into the OS to replace the drivers. &nbsp;It's stuck on the splash screen, and just stays there.....
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Thanks, but I can't even boot into the OS to replace the drivers.  It's stuck on the splash screen, and just stays there.....

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I'm attempting to upgrade a single, standalone NT4 file server to Windows Server 2003. &nbsp;I ran an Upgrade from the Installation CD, and after the first reboot, the system is hanging on the Windows Server 2003 splash screen. &nbsp;The scroll/progress bar moves intermittently, and it's been like this for over 3 hours....Any ideas?<br />

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I'm attempting to upgrade a single, standalone NT4 file server to Windows Server 2003.  I ran an Upgrade from the Installation CD, and after the first reboot, the system is hanging on the Windows Server 2003 splash screen.  The scroll/progress bar moves intermittently, and it's been like this for over 3 hours....Any ideas?


NT 4 to Windows 2003 Upgrade Stuck

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).