OK, I might expect that - since the file system for WHS1 and WHS2 is different (true?) - but I thought I had seen some posts elsewhere about creating a new WHS2 boot system then attaching the storage (disks) that had been in use with a previous WHS2
system, and those volumes attached successfully (ie, without the OS insisting on formatting the disks). Is that right?
In terms of my original question, my solution would then be to use a reliable disk copy and verification utility like Robocopy / Hobo Copy / XXCopy / TerraCopy / SyncBack? And, to do that across the fastest possible connection between separate WHS1 and WHS2
systems?
It seems potentially very messy.