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Re: Disaster Recovery.........

1998-09-03 15:43:01
Subject: Re: Disaster Recovery.........
From: "Louie, James" <LouieJ AT NABISCO DOT COM>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 15:43:01 -0400
For those who couldn't launch the attached Microsoft URL:

James Louie
Nabisco

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How to Restore a Backup to Computer with Different Hardware
Last reviewed: December 9, 1997
Article ID: Q139822
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The information in this article applies to:
The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51, and 4.00
Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51, and 4.00

SUMMARY
This article explains how you can restore a tape backup from one computer to
another computer with different hardware, and maintain user accounts and
working environment. This procedure may be needed if there is no backup
domain controller or fault tolerance implementation on the network and the
primary domain controller is down for some time.

A backup set is intended to be used as a disaster recovery utility to
maintain your system by backing it up and restoring it to the same, not a
different computer. When you restore to a different computer you may
encounter problems, due to hardware differences between the two computers.

This procedure is not recommended by Microsoft and therefore is not
supported. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the
performance, stability or reliability of this procedure.

MORE INFORMATION
NOTE: If you need to only change the primary hard disk and controller while
maintaining user accounts and desktop settings, please see the following
article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:


   ARTICLE-ID: Q112019
   TITLE     : Changing Primary Disk System After Installation

To restore a tape backup from one computer to another computer with
different hardware, and maintain user accounts and working environment:

From the original computer you need a tape backup of the registry and all
other files you want to transfer.

Partition and drive information should be set up the same as the original
computer. However, the primary partition should be a FAT partition and
initially Windows NT should be installed onto a FAT partition (it can be
converted later). Use the same computer name and domain name as the computer
that is being replaced.

Create a directory off the root called CNFGTEST. From the backup set restore
the Registry (%SystemRoot%\system32\config directory) to C:\CNFGTEST on the
hard drive.

Delete SYSTEM.* and *.EVT files from C:\CNFGTEST.
NOTE: These files must be deleted in order to remove hardware specific
information.


Boot to DOS and copy the remaining files from C:\CNFGTEST to the current
%SystemRoot%\system32\config directory.
NOTE: You cannot replace SAM or Security hives while Windows NT is running.


Reboot the computer and make sure that everything is functioning in Windows
NT. When you restart user accounts should be in place.

If you use TCP/IP with DHCP and/or WINS, you can restore the
%SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\DHCP and the %SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\WINS directories.
It may be necessary to reestablish the DHCP scope.

The %SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\SPOOL and %SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\REPL directories
can now be restored. If you were using TCP/IP printing, printer queues will
have to be re-created and IP addresses reassigned.

Convert to NTFS if the original install was NTFS. To replace data with
permissions you must convert to NTFS. To convert the file system to NTFS,
type the following from the MS-DOS Command Prompt:


      convert <drive letter> fs:ntfs"
Next, restore the user data.

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Additional query words: prodnt
Additional query words: prodnt
Keywords : ntfault nthowto kbenv kbhw kbusage
Version : 3.5 3.51 4.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbtshoot

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Last reviewed: December 9, 1997
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