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SBS 2003 to 2008 migration failed restore question..
Hi,
So i did the migration from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 and it failed, now microsoft says i have to restore my sbs 2003 server. There are 6 users and they all use exchange.
I created a full backup with windows ntbackup prior. I have never restored before so here is my question:
Can i just do a system state recovery as opposed to restoring the entire c and d drives? I assume i go into directory services restore mode and just do a system state restore (active directory, registry etc. If not how do i proceeed?
THANKS!!!!
So i did the migration from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 and it failed, now microsoft says i have to restore my sbs 2003 server. There are 6 users and they all use exchange.
I created a full backup with windows ntbackup prior. I have never restored before so here is my question:
Can i just do a system state recovery as opposed to restoring the entire c and d drives? I assume i go into directory services restore mode and just do a system state restore (active directory, registry etc. If not how do i proceeed?
THANKS!!!!
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