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I have a 2007 SP server with several site collections with dedicated databases. Can I make an existing non-root site collection into a root site collection on a new SP 2010 server? Is there a special procedure or just regular database attach will work?
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I have a 2007 SP server with several site collections with dedicated databases. Can I make an existing non-root site collection into a root site collection on a new SP 2010 server? Is there a special procedure or just regular database attach will work?

Database attach migration - different site collection?

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