You could use cloning software to get the data off of the drive now. If you restore from Tape, you have to build an install to a temp location, and restore to the original location, just like in NT4
============================================================== ASB - http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=~MoreInfo.TXT ============================================================== "A man can know nothing of mankind without knowing something of himself. Self-knowledge is the property of that man whose passions have their full play, but who ponders over their results." -- Benjamin Disraeli. >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of WinNT/2000 >Discussion >Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 7:10 PM >To: NT 2000 Discussions >Subject: Win2K Pro Disastery Recovery > > >I'm running Win2K Pro on a machine with three 9 GB SCSI >disks, and the >SYSTEM disk is showing signs of imminent failure. I have a >good backup, and >I'm going to replace the three drives with one 36 GB drive. >I will maintain >the same partition layout as before. What's the easiest way >to transfer my >good tape backup to the new drive (after creating the >partitions using >Partition Magic)? With NT 4, I had to install a new copy of >NT4 into a >different directory than the one that was backed up, boot >into that new >install and restore. Then I'd edit boot.ini to boot back >into the old WINNT >subdirectory... > >Is this the best technique to accomplish my task? > >Thanks for any help. > >BTW, I did some searching as MS's site for any help, but >could only find >articles about disaster recovery for various components of >Win2K server... > ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
