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Copying local user accounts

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I have 2 standalone W2K Servers. I would like to transfer my local user accounts including passwords on one server and move them over to the other server. Is there a way to do this or am I just out of luck? Thanks.

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by clubmac

I can't help you with sending the user account's from one machine to the other, but if you want to just duplicate one system on both that is possible.

If making two identical systems is what you want and there is no information on the one you want to save, then install a copy of Partition Magic 8.0 on one server drive. Then take the drive from the other and install it with the server that has PM 8.0 on it. To try and copy all the user settings first, try going to the my computer section/documents and settings/ and there the user accounts are highlite then copy them to the same area on the other drive. If this is successful in copying, you MAY have working user profiles that are identical, however if profiles are incomplete, the best option is using the Partition Magic program asnd copying the whole drive to the other.

This program will copy whole drive partitions to another identical or larger drive, make backup copies of partitions, and hide drive partions.

After you have copied info you want to save, and decided to go ahead and copy the partition simply choose the drive you want to copy to, choose delete partion, next click on the partition being copied, go through and choose the drive it will be copied to and when done you will have to execute instruction. This will most likely require a restart to accomplish copying the system files.

When it's done, as long as both drives are the same size or the one bing copied to is larger, they will both have identical user accounts, files and setups including any updates that existed.

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