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by metallica

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Ok i have this small problem I need some help with.I have a small network setup with active directory and windows 2000 workstations for learning puposes. My hard drive on a Win2k workstation failed last week so maxtor is sending me a replacement.I backed up everything last month to a folder on the server.I know i should have used Ghost in the first place,but how do you learn these things ,by making mistakes where its not critical.
Now when i get the new hard drive i want to restore everything from the last backup.One problem I know when i install windows 2000 pro on it i am going to get a new sid.I know for a fact because of this some of my programs are going to ask me for the license keys again How can i avoid this.
When I installed windows the last time I installed it using the domain administrators account.

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by shmaltz

If you do a full system restore from tape to a state where this workstation has already joined the domain, you will NOT loose your SID. I have resotred Domain Controllers without a problem.

by bchesmer

I'm not sure how you did the back-up you spoke of (And I don't have a W2K box at present to verify this).

But, if I understand what you said, you uesed a built-in backup utility in W2k WS to back up to a server (W2K AD), Yes?

If so, you shouldbe able to do a base install of the W2K WS, then restore from your backup on the server & be back where you started. If not, then Post# 1 is the correct answer.

by metallica

I did use the built in backup program on the win2k workstation.,and 1 week before the failure i did reinstall windows 2000 and then restored from backup and had the problem with needing to put the licence key in for some of the programs

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