Julie,
Unless someone on this forum can provide you with the answer to your
question, perhaps one of us should ask Microsoft for a formal answer. If
nobody gives you a specific answer soon let's coordinate getting an
official answer.
Dan T.
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> From: Julie Phinney <julphinn AT EMPHESYS.E-MAIL DOT COM>
> From: Julie Phinney <julphinn AT EMPHESYS.E-MAIL DOT COM>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Win NT Bare Metal Restore
> Date: Friday, May 30, 1997 10:48 PM
>
> Has anyone recovered Win NT during a disaster recovery test (where
> you assume your hardware has been destroyed)? I don't know much
> about Win NT, but have been planning to bring a ZIP drive to the
> hotsite this summer to do a Win NT recovery (per the Bare Metal
> Restore Redbook). But I have to assume I will not have the same
> physical machine that the backup was done on. I was told today
> that since there is hardware info stored in the registry, if you're
> not restoring to the same machine, you have to re-install NT. I'm
> wondering, any of you NT experts, how close does the hardware have
> to be? If we have replacement hardware that is the same brand (HP)
> and same speed and same T/R card, is that close enough? Or perhaps
> same hard drive model? Will NT somehow know that physically it's
> a different machine, and we'll have to reinstall anyway? I guess
> what I'm asking is, how close does the replacement hardware have
> to be?
> THANKS!!!
> Julie Phinney
> JPHINNEY AT EMPHESYS.E-MAIL DOT COM
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