HP EX470 Default HD Replacement Question

[elchorizo]

I read on the Egg in some of the reviews that the default HD could be replaced in this unit so that HD space isn't wasted on a meager 500gb drive. Is this true? And if so, how can this be achieved? Does the 470 come with a default image disk that can be put on the new HD or something?

I'm debating betweein using the 470 vs creating my own data server from spare parts. One of the things that bothers me about the 470 is the lack of internal drive space, and the fact that 1/4 of it is wasted with a small drive.

So, if any of you replaced the default HD how did you replace the OS and whatnot? Did you just copy the files from the HD to another in a different computer?

Thanks!

If we have this answer maybe we can add it to the first post in this thread since there is already a section for replacing the CPU and RAM.

 

[elchorizo]

Hmm, I see my answer might be in the very thread I linked. They say they replaced the default disk with a larger one and did a "server restore" on it. This sounds like there must be some kind of image disk or something to perform this restore with.

I wish I'd read that whole thread before I started this one

 

[Adidas4275]

yes you can do a system restore. you need to have all the other data disks in, as WHS stores information on each data disk needed for a restore. you will need to redo any addins or users that you have made, which is a PITA


there is an addin that backs up WHS itself which could be use in conjunction with a system restore to save some time


I also know over at We got served people have made a recovery partition and also enabled the XP based system restore with incremental checkpoint, both with some success