You could try bringing up another exchange 2000 server in your site and moving the mailboxes and services to the new server, then rebuild the old server and move them back. -----Original Message----- From: Jack Spradling [mailto:jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 9:09 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Questions about rebuilding an exchange server. http://www.MSExchange.org/ I have an exchange server that was mangled before I started working here. It is an Exchange 2000 Enterprise server running on windows 2000. I want to upgrade it to Server / Exchange 2003 but I know that there are MANY MANY problems with the IIS permissions , and the server design including the hard drive layout is totally wrong for the size of the server. What is the best way to move the databases off the server , format / reinstall and move the databases back in place, or is this even possible? Please help.. ;) Jack Spradling IT Manager ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬ 200 Michael Angelo Way, Austin, TX 78728 (512) 218-3636 (512) 736-3108 jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ICQ 218803 ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------