Changing hard disks

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Craig Powell

G'day all,

Having a little problem in a fairly recently installed domain. We are
having trouble with one of the apps in a classroom. (Client is Win XP
Sp1, dc is 2K SP4.) So to try and solve the problem I have installed
another HDD into one client and copied the ghost image onto that new
HDD and joined it to the domain. Wanted to use separate HDD and then
just change IDE cable over and boot off new HDD when I am doing the
testing. Then when I have finished testing, change cable back to old
HDD and away the students go. Problem starts when I change cable back
to old HDD I cannot log onto the domain. I can as administrator once,
but not as any other user. Even administrator wont work the second time
I try. I have gotten around the problem by logging on locally and then
running wizard to join the machine to the domain. Does anyone know how
I can get around this problem? Have done some hunting around the net
and MS's KB but cannot locate solution.

I think I know problem, password for computer during logon being
different on each HDD, therefore wont authenticate to DC. Thats why
runnung wizard solves problem. Resynchs password.

TIA

Craig Powell
Association f/t Blind W.A.
 
You are correct. Each HD has a SID that if you add the new one to the
domain it changes the SID. You should be able to Ghost the HD disk to disk
and have both on the domain with out haveing to readd to the domain. When
you ghost the HD is the image still on the domain?

HTH

Paul McGuire
 
Thanks for the response Paul. I made the image after running sysprep
and before rebooting so I thought the image has no SID's as one of the
things sysprep does is remove all SID's. All the other machines I put
the image on worked properly after Ghosting them but I did have to run
the same wizard to join each to the domain after downloading the image
onto them. I have tried using a different machine name for the new HDD
but to no avail. Shouldn't using a different name and a different HDD
mean that the domain treats it as a completely different machine? Add
to the domain once and off she goes? Obviously not. AIUI, the SID is
partly derived from the hardware of the machine so part of the SID
could be the same for both HDD's? Could this be the problem? If this is
the problem is there a way around it? And why can I log on as admin
once (but no other user) and then not again? This bit I really don't
understand.

Craig Powell
Association f/t Blind W.A.
 
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