Reinstall server 2003
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I need to rebuild an installation of server 2003...... remember the old days of win 98... we could just do a new install by renaming the old windows directory... or right on top of it.... can i do that for server 2003...
it has a lot of configuration... but we have already replaced it permenantly .. so i can experiment. but i do need a stable OS.. and this one became unstable.
any thoughts?
I need to rebuild an installation of server 2003...... remember the old days of win 98... we could just do a new install by renaming the old windows directory... or right on top of it.... can i do that for server 2003...
it has a lot of configuration... but we have already replaced it permenantly .. so i can experiment. but i do need a stable OS.. and this one became unstable.
any thoughts?
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"catch 22 - if you want to keep all your settings and configuration - that may be what has made this unstable"
Guys the point here is experimentation of a non-crital system which has already been replaced.... we have about 25 users... and about 25 internet ports for printers...plus everything else we use...
the system kept restarting... 3 - 4 times a day.... MS internet Explorer also brought the system down. my techs could not clean or fix it. so they installed mozilla as a work around... and still the system needed to be restarted often... so we replaced the who hardware..new box...
I am going to bring this back to life... just looking for easy ways to do it. of which there may be none.
i woul dso much prefer to spend the time and repair the system, but better people them me deemed it " unfixable".
Guys the point here is experimentation of a non-crital system which has already been replaced.... we have about 25 users... and about 25 internet ports for printers...plus everything else we use...
the system kept restarting... 3 - 4 times a day.... MS internet Explorer also brought the system down. my techs could not clean or fix it. so they installed mozilla as a work around... and still the system needed to be restarted often... so we replaced the who hardware..new box...
I am going to bring this back to life... just looking for easy ways to do it. of which there may be none.
i woul dso much prefer to spend the time and repair the system, but better people them me deemed it " unfixable".
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i will explore and report back
a repair install will keep most things in place and just repair the windows files.
otherwise look at things like registry cleanup tools etc