Server 2003 Question

[Kiriray]

Hi,

I need a suggestion on how to do this:
Scenario:

We need to transfer data from an Old server NT 3.51 currently being used as a Domain COntroller.
The data should go to the new Server which is a Windows Server 2003.

I was trying to install AD to the 2k3 server but then I got the point where it's saying that Windows95 and NT4.0 or earlier will not be able to join the domain.
I dont need anything from the old server except for the files in it.
How should I go about doing this? I hate to install AD right now if I would end up having a problem accessing the old server.

Any suggestion would be greatly apreciated.

thanks.
~k

 

[FredUG]

The easiest way is to setup FTP on either machine and ftp whatever files you need over. You could also burn CD's if you have a burner to spare.

HTH,

FredUG

 

[h4nym]

K

You need to do two things:

1. Reset permissions on the files on the old 351 server before you try transferring them. "Everyone" is probably a good choice here! If you don't you may find that some files are inaccessible off the new server.

2. Connect to the old server from the new - use \\oldservername\c$ - if you're prompted for a user ID then make sure that the user ID includes the domain name eg OldDomainName\Administrator and, obviously, the password!

Copy away!

hth

H



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[Kiriray]

hi,

thanks for the replies.

Will I not have any problem accessing/connecting to the new server since this is a 2003 server and the other is a much later version of NT?

 

[Teamaker]

Use the 2K3 server to connect to the NT3.5 machine not the other way around, you should have no probs then.

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