How to restore Win 2000 server on different server?

[ZenMuster]

Hi everyone,

I need your help, I need to restore a 2000 server with Novell GroupWise from couple of months ago, on a different server with different hardware. I'm using Veritas Backup Exec as a backup software. I have a full backup with system state and sysvol. So far I'm not successfull, the problem I have is that after restore is done it doesn't boot properly, it is in some kind of loop. I have tried so many things and I can't get it to work. Could someone give me step by step instruction how to restore my server?

Any help is gratly appriciated.

Thank you,

Alex.

 

[BigShyBear]

The root problem is that the new hardware is sufficiently different from the old server that the drivers are wrong. Easiest way to fix this is to do a repair reinstall of Windows.
(Before you do this - do you have anything else running on this Windows 2000 server - like Active Directory?
DNS, DHCP you can fix, Active Directory might be a bigger problem. - if so, off the top of my head, I'd do this fix, then do a restore of just the system state.)
A repair reinstall is exactly the same as an in-place upgrade: (Microsoft Knowledgebase Article 292175)
" To perform an in-place upgrade of Windows 2000:
1. Insert the Windows 2000 Setup CD into the CD-ROM drive, start the computer, and then press a key to start from the CD-ROM.
2. On the Windows 2000 Setup screen, press ENTER to run the To set up Windows 2000 now, press Enter command.
3. Click Accept to accept the License Agreement.
4. Setup should now detect your installation. NOTE: If the Setup program does not detect a previous installation but just continues to the partitioning screen, there is a problem. An in-place upgrade may not be possible.

5. When you are prompted to repair the existing Windows 2000 installation, press R. Windows 2000 Setup performs an in-place upgrade of the existing installation. Note that you might lose some of your customized settings for the system files.