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SBS 2003 Upgrade Path Questions

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by sformwalt 1 view

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I recently accepted a position with a company that outsourced all the IT. Very small company...outsourced company only visisted onsite 1-2x a week.

Here is my question. We are currently running SBS 2003 Premium. The outsourced company did not leave the install CDs or any info about the upgrade they did. The box is all I have and a sticker says it is an upgrade. Now correct me if I am wrong but if I were to restore from a backup I would need the complete upgrade path from the beginning? If they started with SBS 4.5, upgraded to SBS 2000 and then upgraded to SBS 2003 I would need to complete those same steps..correct? I am just a little confused on how this would work if I needed to complete a restore.

Thanks!
S

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by p.j.hutchison

No, not necessarily, you could try boot from the SBS 2003 CD and it may ask for a previous version of Windows CD to confirm upgrade. This should avoid having to install it 3 times to get to SBS 2003.

I haven't tried it myself but that is one possible root.

by cg it

if you can provide purchase proof.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/295539/en-us

it would be a prudent course of action to obtain replacement CDs. Some disaster recovery plans are geared around installing the base O/S and backup programs then do a restore from the backup media.

by sformwalt

That's my biggest issue. The outsourced company claims to have installed a full version of SBS 4.5. I have a box sitting here that says Backoffice SBS 4.5. I don't even know if all the material is here. Then they claim to have upgraded with 2000 but I have nothing in this office showing that. No CD, no box and no documentation. From 2000 they upgraded to SBS 2003 Premium but left me with only a box. Again, no CDs and no documentation. I have no proof of purchase or anything. I have contacted this company over and over and I am not getting anywhere. Just fear I am dead in the water if we go down.

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