Hello Amcis,
NEVER go in hurry with this steps. It requires a good planning to prevent
failures and in worst case scenario to loose the complete domain.
See the links provided in my other posting how to add an additional DC to
an exisitng domain.
Best regards
Meinolf Weber
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> Basically I am after the simple task of replacing the old server with
> the new one keeping all the same settings, users, names, addresses
> etc.. nothing needs to change. Problem is I have tomorrow (Friday) to
> attempt it again, and the guy who set all this up originally (back
> yard IT expert, aka family friend of my clients) has done some really
> weird things, and he's not overally giving on further information. so
> if I can leave all the same then that just makes my job easier..
>
> The other alternative is, I just start a new one fresh, create new
> users and everything from scratch (as there's only a dozen users or
> so) and just copy across the docs each person has in their folders.
>
> I'm open to suggestions. This has been a great learning curve for me
> so far.
>
> Amcis.
>
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