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August 24, 2009 10:40 PM

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mvescio

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Hello,

I currently have a ex470. I have upgraded it to 2GB 667 RAM and there are 4 1TB hard drives in the machine. Even though the system has been good overall for file sharing, I find the web server is quite slow.

I recently changed all my home computers from PC to MAC and have a pc with the following specs.

- Core 2 Quad 2.66
- 4GB 667 RAM
- 6 SATA connections on MOBO.

I was wondering if there was any way that I can do the following...

take my hard drives from my MSS and put them into my pc... start it up as if nothing changed... would there be any windows boot problems? or would it simply not work.

also, if this doesn't work, what can i do in order to turn my "old" pc into my new WHS.


Also, as a side note... anyone know if it would be possible to install OS X Server on my PC ?

Thanks in Advance,

Mike

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August 25, 2009 9:22 AM

Unfortunately the System Partition (C-Drive) will have been configured for the MSS, not your old PC. There will be many driver mis-matches that will prohibit proper operation.

You CAN, however, purchase an OEM copy of WHS and restore the PC using the old disks. Just configure the System Drive such that it will be the "first" drive, logically (Drive 0) and then install the other drives. Boot using the WHS DVD (in the server, not in a client as with the headless MSS) and choose the option to restore (repair? I forget the prompt) the server. You should be fine and all your data should be intact. (That said, I would recommend backing up anything you really want to keep before attempting this "just in case".)

Please post back here with your results -- I am sure others will be interested!

...JohnBick

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August 26, 2009 12:19 AM

okay now if i go ahead and do what your saying, is there any way to do this while still keeping my 4tb of data on the drives and not have to back them up.

essentially i just want to switch my machine as you know. maybe i can simply do the hard drive moves and figure out drivers later? or would that mess up the drive order that mss sets up.

This is what i am planning.

take a 500gb that has windows vista on it now and format it using my WHS discs. then, plug into my pc, the 4tbs of data from my server and when it asks to look for my information i can just set the password and all the info to what it had been on my mss so that the permissions dont get confused. ( i did this when reinstalling my mss software after a failure so i figure it should work here also)

yes i will back everything up just in case but 4tb is a lot of data to find a suitable and quick backup.
Thank go for e-Sata on the mss

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August 26, 2009 1:16 PM

What I outlined, using your old disks and a re-installation of WHS (the WHS equivalent of an MSS Server Restore) should leave your data intact. I still recommend backing up any "critical" files just in case you miss-key a response and mess it up!

What you are attempting is more complicated than necessary and gets messy. I have successfully used the procedure I outlined (as have others).

...JohnBick

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