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Relocate Active Directory?

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by em dubyah

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Here's the "boo-boo'd" mess I have:
I've upgraded the motherboard on my Server 2000 to a dual processor system. I thought I got lucky because I had the same VIA chipset IDE controllers in both boards, thinking I could avoid a reinstall. Nope, ran like trash, so I did a clean install on the separate partition, and figured that I could always dual boot between the two for whatever reason. After I was satisfied that I didn't need the original install of Server 2000, I deleted it. The original install was on the C:\WINNT while the new install is in D:\WINNT.
Here's where my problem begins. Active Directory. I want to have RIS installed, as I originally did. But now what I have is the Active Directory located on C:\WINNT and my OS on D:\WINNT. During the RIS install, it sees C:\WINNT and thinks that Windows Server is in there. How can I move the Active Directory information to a different location, so I can get RIS installed on my server?

Hope that's enough info for someone to set me straight.

--AD bluse on moejoh.net

Thanks in advance!

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by em dubyah

WELL! Thanks to nobody out there, I've found out on my own how to move the Active Directory database.
Here's the procedure:

1. Start server and press F8, select DIRECTORY SERVICES RESTORE MODE.

2. Logon as Administrator

3. open a command prompt and type: ntdsutil

4. at prompt type files, then enter

5. at FILE MAINTENANCE: prompt:TO MOVE DATABASE
type move db to \databasefolder

VOILA! MOVED!!

by dumphrey

would have been:
1) Image partion D: to partition c: and repair MBR.
2) Use aprtimage to delete c: and then grow d: to take up the space. After booting in, change system letter to c: (may not work, but should change on its own).

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