To perform recovery of a Windows 2000 domain controller with Active
Directory on dissimilar hardware, follow these steps:
Perform a full backup of the domain controller, including System State
and the drive that contains the system volume.
Perform a clean installation of Windows 2000 as a stand-alone server
in a workgroup to the different computer.
NOTE: The file system, the installation drive, and the file name must
be the same as the server that is being restored (such as c:\winnt or
d:\winnt35). Also, recovery results tend to be better when the
hardware to which you are restoring has a video bus that is similar to
the system from which the backup was made. For example, if the
original system was using an AGP bus, restoring to a PCI video bus (or
visa-versa) may further complicate the recovery of the system.
Use the Restore Wizard in Ntbackup.exe to run a restore, click Import
file, and then select the system partition and the System State that
you want to restore.
Click Advanced, and then click Original Location to restore to.
Select Always replace the file on disk instead of the default.
After the restore, the following three scenarios are possible:
The system starts successfully.
The system crashes when started as usual, but starts successfully in
Safe Mode. This means that the bus architecture chipset or an
incompatible driver in the new system is the cause. You may have to
run an in-place Repair/upgrade.
The system crashes in Normal and Safe Mode and in-place repair/upgrade
needs to be run. This is most likely caused by a mismatched hardware
abstraction layer (HAL). You may have to press F7 to force the
Standard version of the HAL for the system to start successfully.
You can start from the Windows 2000 installation disk to perform an
in-place upgrade repair. This type of repair occurs after you accept
the licensing agreement and Setup searches for previous versions to
repair. When the installation that is damaged or needs repair is
found, press the R key to repair the selected installation. Setup
re-enumerates your computer's hardware (including HAL) and performs an
in-place upgrade while maintaining your programs and user settings.
This also refreshes the %SystemRoot%\Repair folder with accurate
information that you can use for normal repairs.
For additional information about how to disable ACPI by pressing F7
during the in-place upgrade repair. |
