Lennart_T Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 I have a Windows 2003 server that needs a larger boot drive. Let's call it "A", On another Windows 2003 server I have Retrospect 7.0.344 with update 7.0.12.105. Let's call this server "R". I stopped server A and pulled out the C-drive (boot drive). It's a SATA drive. Server R doesn't have SATA, so I used a USB-SATA device for the old drive and another USB-SATA device for the new drive when connecting to server "R". First I tried duplicating the old drive to the new, but server A won't boot off the duplicate. Then I made a (disk) backup of the original drive and restored (the entire volume) to the replacement drive. Server A still won't boot. Finally I tried Disaster recovery, but when selecting the snapshot from the disk backup, it says: "Sorry, that snapshot can't start a Windows computer. Please select a snapshot of a Windows startup volume and try again." What? Why? It IS the "Windows startup volume". What am I doing wrong here? How can I create a bootable copy of the original hard drive? (I thought it would be better NOT to install the client software and have Windows running when doing the duplicate/backup, but that's maybe what I have to do even if some files are busy or updated during the backup?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Go to Configure>Backup Sets and get properties on the snapshot within the backup set. This will tell you all the info about the snapshot. It should show you all the System State details if the registry is backed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted March 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Thanks for answering. The properties says: Local Disk (G:) Backup Set: Temporary Type: Volume User: Administrator Created: 14 March 2008 OS: Win 2003 SP 2 File System: NTFS Contains: Security Information And that's it. Off Topic: It's really nice sitting at my Mac at home, use VPN and Microsoft's Remote Desktop to check out the Retrospect server at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 It sounds to me like this backup did not capture the registry. Was the option turned on for backup system state? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted March 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 Yes, the option for backing up System State was checked. I watched the "Building Snapshot" phase and a lot of names whizzed by. I also watched "Finishing Restore" where a lot of names whizzed by, too. Another thought comes to mind: Do I have to change the BIOS settings somehow to recognize the new drive as drive C:? Or it shouldn't matter as it is the drive position (slot) that matters? This is a HP Proliant rack mounted server by the way, 1U. I THINK the model number is M320, but I can't check until tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 The drive letter shouldn't matter. You are running an older version. I don't remember any old bugs like this, but anything is possible. You should try a more current version and see if it does the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted March 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 Problem is, the server running Retrospect 7.5 is the one needing a larger hard drive. Can I run a Duplicate to another drive on that server, despite the fact it's running off the volume I duplicate? Or should I try a backup and restore to the new drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 Can you duplicate the volume you are running from, but if you would like to retain the system state, I think a backup and then a restore works better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennart_T Posted March 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Hello, I made a backup and restore entire disk with Retrospect 7.5 on the actual server. No luck. Then a friend came with his bootable CD with FDISK, which repaired the MBR and set the partition as active. Don't know which fixed the problem, but the server did now boot of the new, larger drive. Thank you very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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