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Mirror System drive

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cspm2003

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Nov 24, 2004
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I have a problem setting up Windows Server 2003 on a mirrored drive. First, heres my configuration:

40GB HD as Primary Master
CD-Rom Drive as Primary Slave
40GB HD as Secoundary Master (Same drive as the Primary Master)

now, I have installed Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition on the Primary Master Drive. After the Installation, I converted both harddrives to Dynamic Disks. I then made a right-click on the drive with the OS in the drive management, and selected to mirror the drive. In the upcomming dialog I selected the 2nd 40 GB drive. Then it synchronized both drives and every thing seemed to be fine.

BUT: I tryed to test it by shutting down the PC, disconnecting the Primary Master Drive, and Connected the Secondary Master as the Primary Master. Booted up, but after the POST I only see a blinking curser in the upper left corner and its not booting.

so, did I do anything wrong, or did I miss anything?
 
The boot records are not the same.
Break the mirror, copy the boot records from the primary mirror drive to the secondary drive. Shut down the machine and switch the drives.



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Chernobyl disaster..a must see pictorial
 
What happens if the primary crashes and you cant get the boot records off it? How do you go on working off the secondary one in a real time crash of the primary?
 
Ah yes....
Previous to disaster, create a directory call root in the root, copy the boot file into the directory as a backup..unless you like editing the boot.ini, or copy the boot files to a floppy.

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Chernobyl disaster..a must see pictorial
 
thanks. Im going to try it out later on and see if it works
 
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