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SBS 2011 to SBS 2011 Migration on same machine with new Hardware

I want to migrate an existing installation of SBS 2011 to a new installation of SBS 2011, but on the same machine as the initial installation.  The reason is because we are switching from an IDE storage controller to a RAID storage controller.  I found information on migrating SBS 2011 to a different box with new hardware here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg616008.aspx, but after skimming through it, it appears I would need two boxes running SBS at the same time in order to successfully migrate the data.  Is it possible to migrate SBS without having the initial installation running on a second box? Maybe by using a windows backup image alone to get the data?
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So migrating without a second box isn't a viable option? Even if the only data we I would need to migrate would be the exchange mailboxes and general network configuration settings?
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I have tried this, but I still had issues.  I installed the RAID controller drivers (mind you I'm using the MB's RAID hardware but switching from IDE to RAID in the BIOS), and I got the disk image copied to the new RAID setup, but I couldn't get Windows to boot successfully afterwards.

We only have 6 users.  What about if I have everyone export their exchange mailboxes to .pst's, reinstall SBS, recreate all of the users, and then import all the email back into their mailbox's?
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I see.  How would I go about disjoining the PC's? I want to make sure I do it correctly.
Also, if we have a public folder database, is that something that can be migrated, or do we have to somehow get those exported to a .pst also?
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