Upgrading to SBS2003

I am wanting to upgrade our SBS2000 server to SBS2003 (software assurance).
I would like to completely low away the 'C' drive on the server and start
from scratch. Is there any problems with doing this? I have checked to
ensrethat our variou software packages (A/V, B/U, etc.) will notneedto be
changed when I do this. Is there any issues that I should be aware of?
Reasons not to start "fresh". All data will stil be on the shared data
drives. Thanks in advance.

Aaron Fadely

Mark
Wed May 19 20:18:02 CDT 2004

blow away the C: drive with a 98 boot disk and create it with a 98 boot disk
otherwise the drive won't be C: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have a ghost
image handy.

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Sincerely,
Mark Mancini, CCA, CCNA, Master CIW&CI, CNE 4&5, MCSE+I 4&2000
www.MCSE2000.com
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"Durth" <aaronnospam@reddyelectric.com> wrote in message
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> I am wanting to upgrade our SBS2000 server to SBS2003 (software
assurance).
> I would like to completely low away the 'C' drive on the server and start
> from scratch. Is there any problems with doing this? I have checked to
> ensrethat our variou software packages (A/V, B/U, etc.) will notneedto be
> changed when I do this. Is there any issues that I should be aware of?
> Reasons not to start "fresh". All data will stil be on the shared data
> drives. Thanks in advance.
>
> Aaron Fadely
>
>

Steve
Wed May 19 20:38:12 CDT 2004

Mark Mancini wrote:

> blow away the C: drive with a 98 boot disk and create it with a 98
> boot disk otherwise the drive won't be C: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> Have a ghost image handy.

Insert SBS2003 CD1, and boot, making sure to "press a key to boot from
CD" when prompted.

Then just choose to format the existing C: partition during Windows
Setup. No need for a win98 boot disk...

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Mark
Thu May 20 21:34:12 CDT 2004

sorry, but I read "completly blow away the C drive" so I assume that is
FDISK as format isn't complete, just a bit.

--
Sincerely,
Mark Mancini, CCA, CCNA, Master CIW&CI, CNE 4&5, MCSE+I 4&2000
www.MCSE2000.com
www.AppLauncher.com



"Steve Foster [SBS MVP]" <steve.foster@picamar.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Mark Mancini wrote:
>
> > blow away the C: drive with a 98 boot disk and create it with a 98
> > boot disk otherwise the drive won't be C: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > Have a ghost image handy.
>
> Insert SBS2003 CD1, and boot, making sure to "press a key to boot from
> CD" when prompted.
>
> Then just choose to format the existing C: partition during Windows
> Setup. No need for a win98 boot disk...
>
> --
> Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
> ---------------------------------------
> MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.

Steve
Fri May 21 04:02:28 CDT 2004

Mark Mancini wrote:

> sorry, but I read "completly blow away the C drive" so I assume that
> is FDISK as format isn't complete, just a bit.

I saw references to data drives, as well as the C: drive, and assumed
the original poster therefore probably meant partitions, rather than
physical drives.

Either way, a format of the existing C: drive would be perfectly
adequate to eliminate all traces of the previous OS installation.

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Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
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MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.

Durth
Mon May 24 08:28:47 CDT 2004

Thank you guys for the in put. The data drive that I am keeping is
completely different drive (3 disk RAID 5). I just do not know what to do
about the Exchange server's data. The e-mails I could just copy over to the
data drive and re-copy back over after the new install, right? Do I need
toworry about any of the settings as long as I do not mind re-creating
accounts, etc?

Aaron

"Steve Foster [SBS MVP]" <steve.foster@picamar.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Mark Mancini wrote:
>
> > sorry, but I read "completly blow away the C drive" so I assume that
> > is FDISK as format isn't complete, just a bit.
>
> I saw references to data drives, as well as the C: drive, and assumed
> the original poster therefore probably meant partitions, rather than
> physical drives.
>
> Either way, a format of the existing C: drive would be perfectly
> adequate to eliminate all traces of the previous OS installation.
>
> --
> Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
> ---------------------------------------
> MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.