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[LYL]Homer;1034541592 said:I tried to image my 500gb WHS OS disk to a 1tb drive last weekend with Acronis True Image and it failed to complete (first time I had a failure with Acronis in about 25-30 images I've done).
ymmv
Bummer.
Just out of curiosity, what version of Acronis were you using?
[LYL]Homer;1034542761 said:Acronis®XTrueXImageXHome® version 11.0 (buildX8,101)
I had to do a rebuild last year due to a bad motherboard I had to replace. I just popped in the WHS CD and it installed on the correct drive, and it then found all my data automatically. The only thing you lose is any software you've installed in WHS, but the data should remain intact.
Major difference between a MB and a system drive replacement but I'm gonna file your experience for future reference.
New OS on a new drive with existing data disks in the system.
So you had a new drive on a new MB and you reinstalled with no problem?
My friend, if I believed you, you would be the luckiest man alive!
But from my experience, I'm calling shens.
Shrug. I'm not sure why you'd doubt the documented functionality of the system. You do a server reinstall, it finds your data disks, and after some (well, quite a bit of) time you're back in business minus users, add-ins, and some other stuff but your data's back.
WHS sees a signature on the drives in the system and should offer you a from-scratch "Server Reinstall".
http://social.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/whssoftware/thread/51755858-4b64-400d-8a94-af9c10cd651e
Do a search for "WHS system drive" on the WHS forums.
That's how it works unless you were silly enough to RAID your WHS drives and install your SYS drive to the same RAID as your data. RAID + WHS silly enough in the first place but doing your system on the same raid as your data would just be retarded.
Have you seen some of the recaps of people trying to do server reinstalls? I've seen a lot more unsuccessful stories than successful. Sure, I know that people generally don't comment when something works as designed. I also know that in the world of computers, just because a manufacturer advertises something, that does not mean it actually works that way in real life. I only make this comment because I'm probably going to have to do a reinstall pretty soon, and I got to say that I'm more than a little nervous about it borking my box. I'm getting my backup solution solidified first.
I'm not sure why you'd doubt the documented functionality of the system.
[LYL]Homer;1034558062 said:Maybe you're just doing it wrong Old HIppie.
I'm just about to build a WHS and this whole thread has me a little concerned.
So if my drive with the OS fails, it is very hard to get up and running again with the existing data drives?
I'm just about to build a WHS and this whole thread has me a little concerned.
So if my drive with the OS fails, it is very hard to get up and running again with the existing data drives?
[LYL]Homer;1034559569 said:My next iteration of WHS may run RAID 1 on the OS drive.