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Just in case you're wondering, Norton Ghost 11.0.2 works just fine on Windows Server 2008 formatted disks.
I cloned a simple volume 160MB Western Digital disk to a new Western Digital 500MB disk in 47 minutes. I swapped the cables and booted up to the new drive without a hitch.
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posted by Jeff @ 6:26 PM
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Senior consultant for Convergent Computing (CCO), a Microsoft Gold Partner in Oakland, CA. I hold MCITP:Enterprise Administrator and MCITP:Enterprise Messaging Administrator, MCSE:Messaging and CISSP certifications.
I'm the co-author of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Unleashed, technical editor of the book "Windows Server 2008 Unleashed", and a contributing author of the books "Exchange Server 2003 Unleashed" and "Exchange Server 2007 Unleashed", all by Sams Publishing.
I work primarily with Microsoft products (Windows Server, Active Directory, Exchange, Systems Center Operations Manager, ISA, WSUS, etc.). I also work with various other platforms and products, usually in the form of migrations.
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Just so I get this correct.
You used Ghost 11.0.2 to push a ghost client onto a win2008 machine.
You then took an image of that win2008 machine and pushed it onto another machine with no issue.
The 2nd client machine came up fine?
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I needed to move my existing W2K8 server onto a new larger hard drive.
I installed the new drive, booted to a bootable CD with Ghost 11.0.2 on it, and cloned the smaller disk to the new larger disk. Then I removed the old smaller disk and booted to the new disk without any issues.
Thanks for your tip to use Norton Ghost to clone Windows Server 2008 drives.
I needed to clone a 160GB Hitachi with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise to a 320GB Western Digital.
I tried EZ-GIG II, Drive Image and Acronis - all without success. I tried multiple times and it didn't work no matter which drive was mounted in the machine and which one was in the external enclosure.
I kept getting the following error when starting the sytem with the newly cloned drive:
Windows Boot Manager
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:
1. Insert your Windows installation disc and restart your computer.
2. Choose your language settings, and then click "Next."
3. Click "Repair your computer."
If you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance.
File: boot_file
Status: 0xc0000225
Info: The selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt.
After seeing your post I tried Norton Ghost and it worked the first time.
THANK YOU!
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