What he said, or what the previous poster said recommending using Acronis, BESR, or a similar imaging product.
I've done dozens of these, and doing it the Microsoft Restore Mode way will only cause you grief and long hours. -- Durf On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 6:07 PM, NTSysAdmin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why are you doing it that way. Just giving yourself problems. > > > > Replace one of the SATA's with a new one and let it rebuild the array, then > replace the original, then use Acronis disk director or similar to extend > the drive. Simple. Works every time. > > > > S > > > > *From:* Jim Majorowicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Monday, October 06, 2008 12:28 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* New Drives for Proliant ML310 G2 > > > > I've got a customer that is using SBS 2003 Premium (Fully Patched) on a > Proliant ML310 G2 with 80 GB SATA drives that is running out of space. The > server is using non-hot plug drives with the onboard SATA controller in a > RAID-1. This controller can only support 2 drives in this configuration, so > I went to replace these drives with a pair of 250 GB drives and ran into a > problem. > > > > I used Directory Services Restore Mode, and followed all the procedures in > the Microsoft SBS Restore procedure. I even remembered to review the Report > for short file name problems. However the damn thing still managed to blue > screen on restart: > > > > PROCESS1_INITALIZATION_FAILED > > Stop 0x6B (0xC000007A, 0xB, 0x0, 0x0) > > > > I figured it was something to do with that damn RAID controller, so I tried > repairing the OS (Boot from CD, Install (not Recovery), Repair Existing) and > made it worse. > > > > I seem to recall that this stupid controller would cause problems like > this. What do I need to do to get around this problem? > > > > > > Regards, > > Jim Majorowicz, MCP > > Sr. Network Engineer > > Whitsell Computer Services > > (503) 297-8440x12 > > www.whitsell.com > > We can support you no matter where you are. Ask me for details. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- -------------- Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
