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Help with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition

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by jshoe85

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Hi everyone. I'm currently a student going for my MCSA on Server 2003. I'm one test away. I would like to install the eval copy I have for 180 days on one of my spare PC's and actually use it as a file server and more. I have a question... If I accidently forgot the 180th expiry date will I still be able to get my files by placing the disk in another computer? I will have the OS on one hard drive and data on another SATA drive. Must I log on with the User ID and Password to retrieve the files even if I move the Hhard drive to another PC? I would really appreciate your input. Thank you.

Also, say in the "real world" you have Windows Server 2003 installed on one disk and data on another disk, and the disk with the OS fails. How would you go about getting the files off the data disk? Thanks

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by charliespencer

In the real world, the OS drive is usually a pair of drives in a RAID-1 array. It's also under a service contract and hot-swappable, so when one fails you call for a replacement.

Alternatively, I make a Ghost or other image of the OS drive. If it fails, I boot from a Windows PE, Bart-PE, Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD), o Linux LiveCD to either put the Ghost on a replacement hard drive, or to access the data. Booting from such a CD should allow you to access your data regardless of the OS expiration date.

I'm not sure how your post fell through the crack, but you'll get quicker responses to technical questions if you submit them with the "Ask a Question" button instead of "Start a Discussion". The user community here falls into two camps, those who hang out in Discussions and those who answer Questions. There's some overlap, but Discussions is usually for opinions, theoretical topics, non-tech fluff, and other stuff that doesn't have a definitive technical solution.

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