Install Win2k server to bigger drive

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Hi all,

I have a quick but probably not a simple question to answer.

I want to install larger hard drives in a Win2k server.

Current config:
RAID-1 SCSI

New config:
RAID-1 SATA

I can boot the current config using a IDE disk. I figured I can do this and
(XCOPY /c /h /e /k /i) from the idle SCSI drive since that's not the boot
drive now to a folder on my IDE drive. I then unplug the SCSI & install the
new SATA drives in the same machine. I boot again from the IDE and (XCOPY /c
/h /e /k /i) from the ide folder to the SATA drive. When I boot it on the
SATA, I get the dreded Stop 0x0000007B or INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE blue
screen.

I tried installing directly to the SATA and using F6 to load the SATA RAID
driver, works fine. I tried saving the boot.ini from the working SATA
install and putting that back after I xcopy from the folder with the SCSI
C:\*.* files.

I've searched older posts and really can't find an answer to this. I did
see GHOST mentioned. Can I use this to put an image to a USB drive then
restore it to the new SATA drive and be good to go? I would like to di it
without extra cost but if that would work well, I'll have to get it.

Any suggestions? I'm against a close time line because they just received a
large upgrade they need for financial applications for end-of-year processing!

Thanks in advance!
 
I wanted to add that I did use GHOST-2003 to do a partition copy from the
current primart drive to the new drive.

All went well as far as the copy. It will boot but as soon as I log in it
tells me I need to log into Domain Controller Recovery. When I do this and
log in as Administrator, it tells me I dont have a swap and that I need to
create one. As soon as I click OK, it takes me back to the login screen.

How can I set the swap file up if it wont boot?

Is using Ghost-2003 the best way to move Win2k to a bigger hard drive?

Thanks!
 
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