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Conference decwet::nt-developers

Title:MS Windows NT Developers
Notice:See note 1222 for MS bug reporting info
Moderator:TARKIN::LINEIBER
Created:Mon Nov 11 1991
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3247
Total number of notes:15633

3236.0. "Need to move system disk ??'s" by OHFSS1::MALOTT (Lost in a Maze of DecNis') Thu May 08 1997 07:05

    I have a customer I am about to assist in reconfiguring their NT Alpha
    2100A system.  they have 2 SW internal shelves that they wish to have
    fully populated with 4 Gig drives all on single buses within the
    shelves.  Each shelf will then have an individual RAID 5 set consisting
    of all 7 members, one as a hot spare.  
    
    Sounds easy, but my problem is that their current system disk resides
    in one of these shelves.  Therefore, I need to 'move' the system disk
    to an internal drive bay.  
    
    My plan is to back up the current system disk (partitioned into 'c'
    and 'd' drives) using NT backup with 'Backup the Local Registry'
    selected.
    
    Then, I'll remove the current system disk (and save  it aside), address
    the new disk as drive 0 and install NT on it using the same partition
    sizes. and types.  Then I'll restore the backup onto this new system
    disk and reboot.
    
    Does this plan sound correct?  Can anyone give me any pointers on other
    ways to accomplish this task?
    
    Any/all feedback appreciated...
    
    
    Best Regards,
    
    John Malott
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3236.1BIGUN::nessus.cao.dec.com::MayneA wretched hive of scum and villainyThu May 08 1997 16:5310
Theoretically, you should just be able to move the disk and change the ARC boot 
information. Everything that matters should work of %SystemRoot% rather than a 
specific drive letter for the purposes of getting the system booted.

You'll probably have to use Disk Administrator to change drive letters along the 
way.

I strongly suggest you do a trial run on another system first.

PJDM
3236.2Arc has the boot iformation on Alpha.WRKSYS::SUKUMARFri May 09 1997 13:398
    Hi,
    
    On Alpha NT, you can modify the boot information and select the
    specific SCSI controller id, disk id to a new disk in the internal
    drive bay and the system can boot from that disk. So just copy the
    whole disk (including hidden files etc) into the internal disk. 
    
    sukumar.
3236.3But...OHFSS1::MALOTTLost in a Maze of DecNis'Mon May 12 1997 07:5510
    Re: .1,  In this case moving the disk won't help.  It must be a
    physically new disk since the new location will not be a SW shelf slot,
    but an internal drive bay.
    
    Re: .2,  How can I then be certain that the registry has been backed up
    as well?
    
    Best Regards,
    
    John Malott
3236.4MPOS01::naiad.mpo.dec.com::mpos01::cerlingI'[email protected]Mon May 12 1997 08:1610
>>    Re: .1,  In this case moving the disk won't help.  It must be a
>>    physically new disk since the new location will not be a SW shelf slot,
>>    but an internal drive bay.

	You say this is a 2100?  They only come with SW bays - no internal
	bays for hard drives.  I have moved SW bricks around alot in 2100s.
	Modify the boot info and take off.

tgc