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Upgrade to Win 2000 Server from NT4

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by djf

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I am currently running NT4 SP 6 using RAID (disk mirroring). One of my 30 GB disks failed and I'm now on the mirror drive. I tried to hot swap with a 40 GB disk but apparently NT4 doesn't recognize a disk that large. Can I run the upgrade to 2000, break the mirror, and hot swap the disk at that point? Thanks for any input!

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by ghstinshll

Stabilize yourself first by fixing the initial problem.

Do a full backup.

Upgrade.

If ur not using a Compaq server, with compaq RAID controller, then make sure your disks are the exact same model, brand, etc...

by lordinfidel

Just don't go sticking in any old drive.

Raid is finnicky.

Get the same drive model and type. I am assuming that you are using hardware based raid and not software based.

I am not sure where you heard that NT4 won't recognize a 40 gig drive.

The problem here is that you are putting a different size disk in for mirroring. They sould be identical. This is becasue of how the controller writes to the disks and block sizes.

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