Your list has elements of NT 4.0 domain and is incorrect. Your biggest challenge is that Exchange is on the DC. As for ghosting, some questions first: What flavor of drives in both boxes and is RAID involved, either software or hardware? John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Davis [mailto:JDavis@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 8:41 AM > To: [ExchangeList] > Subject: [exchangelist] Moving Exchange 2000 from one PC to another > > http://www.MSExchange.org/ > > Hello all, > > Here's the scenario: > > * An old Domain Controller (Windows 2000 Advanced Server) is running > Exchange 2000 > * We need to move all the software configuration onto a new machine > with better hardware > * The new machine will have the same domain name, IP address, etc, > etc. > > Although I have not used Windows 2000, Active Directory, or Exchange 2000 (I > administer a NT network running Exchange 5.5), I have asked some friends for > advice. Here are there suggestions: > > * Use a temporary PC (233MHz or something similar) and install Windows > 2000 Advanced Server > * Join the existing domain with the temporary PC and synchronize > domain accounts, etc with the Domain Controller we wish to decommission > * Once all accounts have been synchronized, take temporary PC off the > network > * Put the temporary PC on a segregated network and promote it to a > Domain Controller with the same Domain Name as the original DC (Am I to use > dcpromo.exe here?) > * Install Exchange Server 2000 > * Copy the dir.edb, priv.edb, pub.edb from original Exchange 2000 > Server onto temporary PC > * Ghost the image from temporary PC onto new machine with new hardware > > Is the information above a good strategy, or does anyone have a better > suggestion? > > Thanks so much for any assistance on this! > > --Jason > > ------------------------------------------------------ > 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: > World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------ > You are currently subscribed to this MSEXchange.org Discussion List as: > johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist > Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx