No SBS 2000 disks provided

The people (who shall remain nameless)who originally
installed our SBS 2000 network did not provide the
installation disks for us. We were provided with the
license numbers and a license from Microsoft. Now, we
want to change our sever hardware and have no disks.

Is this a normal practice for Microsoft certified partners?

A friend who also runs SBS 2000 has the disks, but they
have a Product Key sticker on them.

Can I install on our new hardware with his disks and our
license numbers?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Jesse

Gizmo
Tue Jul 08 17:19:49 CDT 2003

Hi Jesse

The important element is the license numbers. You can buy media (disks)
seperately for nominal cost, like if original disks where damaged. Using
others disks you have to be careful of the version, i.e OEM can only be
installed on a supplied PC, retail and upgrade and license numbers reflect
which disk.

What I would be worried about most is the CALs (Client licenses). These are
supplied on floppy disks. Do you have these ? If you do fine, but they are
linked to the previous servers network card(s). If using new network cards
you will need to phone PSS for unlock codes when you come to use them.


"Jesse Bentley" <jesseb@firecontrolinc.net> wrote in message
news:05d901c3459d$0c6232d0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> The people (who shall remain nameless)who originally
> installed our SBS 2000 network did not provide the
> installation disks for us. We were provided with the
> license numbers and a license from Microsoft. Now, we
> want to change our sever hardware and have no disks.
>
> Is this a normal practice for Microsoft certified partners?
>
> A friend who also runs SBS 2000 has the disks, but they
> have a Product Key sticker on them.
>
> Can I install on our new hardware with his disks and our
> license numbers?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jesse

Jeff
Wed Jul 09 06:46:00 CDT 2003

MS does indeed have certain purchase channels that have the responsibility
to supply "vendor originated" media, which in some cases, hopefully not a
server though, may include just putting the source files on the actual hard
drive.

As Gizmo suggested, you can obtain replacement media if you have proof of
purchase and a license. If you have a MOLP license product, it's normal that
the purchase of media is entirely optional for each copy of the product, but
the assumption is that you are saving the $25-35 per product by only buying
one media kit per site (or whatever) and then just obtaining lower cost 2nd
and above licenses.

"Jesse Bentley" <jesseb@firecontrolinc.net> wrote in message
news:05d901c3459d$0c6232d0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> The people (who shall remain nameless)who originally
> installed our SBS 2000 network did not provide the
> installation disks for us. We were provided with the
> license numbers and a license from Microsoft. Now, we
> want to change our sever hardware and have no disks.
>
> Is this a normal practice for Microsoft certified partners?
>
> A friend who also runs SBS 2000 has the disks, but they
> have a Product Key sticker on them.
>
> Can I install on our new hardware with his disks and our
> license numbers?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jesse