I have a failing main system drive on a Windows 2003 machine running BE v10.0.2250 with all the latest service packs and hot fixes installed. System drive is a 18 GB SCSI drive using the full drive as a single partition. Target empty replacement drive is identicle brand, model, size.
After I perform a full system backup of the C:\ drive only and all system state fiels, etc. I create the boot CD image with associated ASR files stored on the disk.
I remove my original drive and replace it with the new target drive.
However, when I boot up, press F2 for ASR, load the ASR files, and choose mytarget drive, it states that the drive is too small and it can't restore the partition.
I ensured that there was no partition on the target drive and in actuality when I look at the two drives, the target drive is actually a little larger. I don't mind the target restore becoming a basic partition type b/c I can just change that later. However, I am concerned that the whole restore process won't happen no matter what size drive I choose. Is this because the original drive was dynamic?
My only other option is to convert the dynamic disk back to basic via low-level editing of the volume or use another program to create an image of a dynamic disk (Ghost Enterprise or Acronis). Either way I will probably make the new system disk Basic partition format and not Dynamic.... for reduced future headaches.
-Leeth