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Things to do on SBS 2008 after you do a restore

January 27, 2011 by Wayne Small 14 Comments

If you use ShadowProtect or any other backup program to restore your SBS 2008 server to alternate hardware, OR if you have it virtualised and you move it from one virtualisation host to another, then there are a few things you simply MUST do to ensure things work correctly with SBS 2008. First thing is that upon the first boot, you must use F8 to get into Safe mode.  From … [Read more...]

Windows 7 – moving to an SSD

November 24, 2009 by Wayne Small 11 Comments

My HP MiniNote 2140 which I got from TechEd Australia is actually a pretty impressive little machine.  My only concern is that given I am using it so much, I wanted to replace the 160G SATA Hard Drive with an SSD drive. I figured this would be better for me as it reduces the chances of a head crash given I carry it everywhere whilst it’s still running. I used the Windows … [Read more...]

SBS 2008 Restore to ML 110 G5

November 23, 2009 by Wayne Small 15 Comments

Following on from an earlier blog post where I had tested the restore of my SBS 2008 to alternate hardware, on Saturday I restored my SBS 2008 server to an ML 110 G5. Here’s the process I’ve used to transfer SBS 2008 from an ML110 G4 to an ML110 G5. Ensure that backups have been running fine for the past few days.  I did this by going into the SBS 2008 console and … [Read more...]

Free Backup and Recovery Software?

November 20, 2009 by Wayne Small 19 Comments

I got an interesting email today from Paragon Software. I thought that our latest release can be interesting for you and your community: we've created a brand new Paragon Backup & Recovery Free Edition at no cost to users: http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express/index.html. Paragon Backup & Recovery is the most powerful disc-imaging and recovery … [Read more...]

SBS 2008 Restore to alternate hardware

November 17, 2009 by Wayne Small 5 Comments

My SBS 2008 server is running on a 2 year old ML110 G4 and the disk subsystem is not up to the task.  I’m unsure if it’s a hardware issue or just old as I frequently get the system pausing whilst the hard drive light is flat out on. Anyway – I decided to look at restoring it to an ML110G5 – newer disk controller, 3GB SATA drives etc.  Here’s the process I used. 1. I … [Read more...]

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