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Upgrading Windows NT from server 1 to 2

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by samanthuel

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I am building up a new server and will need to copy the data from the old server to the new one. Was looking for some documentation on the best way to do this. Will have a completely new system to cross everything over to.
Wes

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by joseph moore

XCOPY.EXE is a good file copy program that comes with Windows. It can copy file attribute info (read only, archive, hidden) and ACL info.
Here is the help info for XCOPY:

by joseph moore

XCOPY source [destination] [/A | /M] [/D[:date]] [/P] [/S [/E]] [/V] [/W]
[/C] [/I] [/Q] [/F] [/L] [/H] [/R] [/T] [/U]
[/K] [/N] [/O] [/X] [/Y] [/-Y] [/Z]
[/EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]...]

source Specifies the file(s) to copy.
destination Specifies the location and/or name of new files.
/A Copies only files with the archive attribute set,
doesn't change the attribute.
/M Copies only files with the archive attribute set,
turns off the archive attribute.
/D:m-d-y Copies files changed on or after the specified date.
If no date is given, copies only those files whose
source time is newer than the destination time.
/EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]...
Specifies a list of files containing strings. When any of the
strings match any part of the absolute path of the file to be
copied, that file will be excluded from being copied. For
example, specifying a string like \obj\ or .obj will exclude
all files underneath the directory obj or all files with the .obj extension respectively.
/P Prompts you before creating each destination file.
/S Copies directories and subdirectories except empty ones.
/E Copies directories and subdirectories, including empty ones.
Same as /S /E. May be used to modify /T.

by joseph moore

/V Verifies each new file.
/W Prompts you to press a key before copying.
/C Continues copying even if errors occur.
/I If destination does not exist and copying more than one file,assumes that destination must be a directory.
/Q Does not display file names while copying.
/F Displays full source and destination file names while copying.
/L Displays files that would be copied.
/H Copies hidden and system files also.
/R Overwrites read-only files.
/T Creates directory structure, but does not copy files. Does not
include empty directories or subdirectories. /T /E includes empty directories and subdirectories.
/U Copies only files that already exist in destination.
/K Copies attributes. Normal Xcopy will reset read-only attributes.
/N Copies using the generated short names. /O Copies file ownership and ACL information.
/X Copies file audit settings (implies /O).
/Y Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an
existing destination file.
/-Y Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an
existing destination file.
/Z Copies networked files in restartable mode.

The switch /Y may be preset in the COPYCMD environment variable.
This may be overridden with/-Y on the command line.

by joseph moore

So, just bring your 2nd server online, make sure both machines can PING and open shared folders on each other, then just do the XCOPY of your data from the 1st machine to the 2nd machine.

by dark force

The new version of Ghost comes with Ghost Explorer. A utility that allows you to explore an image file and extract the files you wish to keep.

All you have to do is image the drive/partition that has your data to a file on a different partition. When that is done, you can reboot into windows, move the image file to an easy to find location, run Ghost Explorer, find the file you created and extract the files you want.

Good Luck
DF

by wiredhelp

Personally I'm a huge fan of ROBOCOPY (robust file copy) as comes with the Win2k Res Kit. Try it, you'll like it.

by johntech

XCopy and Robocopy will not copy across all shares and permissions. Unless you want to reset all the shares and permissions(yah ok)the you need to use a utility like Securecopy.(SCopy)

Hope this helps

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