Moving drives to a different machine

[Sunny]

Hi,
sorry for the crosspost, but I can't figure out which is the appropriate
group.

So, I have a working windows 2000 advanced server. I need to move the
HDDs to a new box. Before I do this, I need some advice how to proceed,
as the new box has different SCSI and RAID controller. I need to keep
the running configuration.

So, the question is how to update the drivers, so the installation will
run on the new box.

Thanks in advance

Cheers
Sunny

 

[Guest]

Not a fun process but here are the steps.

249694 How to move a Windows 2000 installation to different hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=249694

 

[Sunny]

Thanks for the reply.

The two machines are mostly the same - I.e. different CPUs and the other
difference is only the RAID controller. I was hoping, that there is a
way to install the driver before the move, and then everything should be
fine. I have the manufacturers diskette with the driver, but I do not
know how to install it.

When you make a new install, one can hit F6 to load additional driver,
but I do not know if it is possible during a bootup. Or if I can install
it even if I do not have that hardware, and after moving the drivers, it
will detect and use the correct one? Or this is not possible and I have
to follow all that long procedure?

Thanks
Sunny