Restoring SBS 2003 server after SBS 2000 upgrade

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Restoring SBS 2003 server after SBS 2000 upgrade

Postby stephen » Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:31 am

Senario:
You have a SBS 2003 server that was upgraded from a SBS 2000 server
The Windows installation is in C:\WINNT
You use Microsoft Backup to Backup your server.
If you need to do a full restore of your server by reinstalling SBS 2003 and then doing a restore from backup. You will find that the restored OS will not boot because of a corrupt C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM file.
The reason is that SBS 2003 installs to C:\WINDOWS but the upgraded WINDOWS 2000 SBS Server windows was installed in C:\WINNT

The solution is to copy the files from \SBSSUPPORT\UpgradeRestore on DISK 3 of the SBS 2003 Server disk set, to a floppy disk and have that in the server floppy drive at bootup.

See Microsofts article Backing Up and Restoring Windows Small Business Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/support/articles/backup_restore_sbs2003.mspx

IMPORTANT: If you upgraded your server from Small Business Server 2000, you need to create a floppy disk to use when you boot from the CD before you begin the restore. To create the disk, copy Winnt.sif and Winnt.bat from the \SBSSUPPORT\UpgradeRestore folder on Windows Small Business Server 2003 Disc 3 to a floppy disk. In Winnt.sif, be sure that TargetPath under [Unattended] is set to the same installation directory used before the restore. The default in Small Business Server 2000 is TargetPath=Winnt. In Winnt.bat, be sure that the drive letter is the same as the drive letter of your CD drive. The default is D:\.

IMPORTANT: Before restoring your server, disconnect any external disk drives, such as USB or IEEE 1394 drives, from the server
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