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Please advise b4 I do anything stupid!!!

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Okay. I have done the stupid thing.... I didn't do the latest backup before I did the server re-install. Doh!
I was running out of SATA connectors so I changed MB on my WHS. Also I had a lot of unwanted softwares loaded so I decided to do server re-install which I have done many times with same MB successfully.
First I pulled all non-pooled HDs off WHS. Then I changed ASUS P5N-E SLI MB with Gigabyte EP45-UD3P. I turn it on and after awhile WHS booted up with errors in hardware profile (of course) but I could see all the share data and it looked okay.
I did server re-install and had to attend to my baby's needs and by the time I came back, I had a system error message.
I looks like WHS was installed but I now have C, D, E drives where E drive list all the files I want to save but I can't access them. I just want to be able to save the photos/2008 and /2009 folders. I do have others saved.. :( My wife is going to kill me if I can't fix this.)
Can you please suggest next step so I can save the share folders? There is no need to save the backup folders.
I did read this article on migrating. [url="http://wiki.wegotserved.com/index.php?title=Migrate_Shares_and_Backups_to_New_System]
I don't think my situation applies here because I don't have access to my shares.
Thursday, March 19, 2009 5:06 PM
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Hi,
the procedure is described in the FAQ How to recover data after server failure.
Best greetings from Germany
Olaf- Marked as answer by Dkim2008 Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:07 PM
Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:36 PMModerator -
Run on the server (unsupported):xcopy /V \\localhost\share\folder\*.* \\localhost\othershare\otherfolderOr use robocopy, which is much more flexible.
I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)- Marked as answer by Dkim2008 Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:07 PM
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:38 PMModerator
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Hi,
the procedure is described in the FAQ How to recover data after server failure.
Best greetings from Germany
Olaf- Marked as answer by Dkim2008 Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:07 PM
Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:36 PMModerator -
Olaf,
Thank you for that information. I think that's what I needed. I didn't realized that files are saved under hidden 'DE' directories.
One last question:
"Do never target the file system of drives belonging to Windows Home Server directly (i.e. d:\shares)!"
What do you mean by that?
Is that mean I shouldn't run a command like xcopy -v J:\ED\shares\photos\2009\*.* D:\shares\photos\2009\ ?
DavidThursday, March 19, 2009 8:41 PM -
That's correct. All operations against files and folders in the server shares should pe performed on the shares, not on the file system behind the shares.
I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:53 PMModerator -
Is there way to verify copying by dragging files in explorer? I use xcopy because of "-v".
"Copy this data either to the new server installation by accessing the server shares through the desktop shortcut Shared Folders on server or to another storage location"
I am thinking this is only possible by dragging the folders you want.
DavidThursday, March 19, 2009 9:11 PM -
Run on the server (unsupported):xcopy /V \\localhost\share\folder\*.* \\localhost\othershare\otherfolderOr use robocopy, which is much more flexible.
I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)- Marked as answer by Dkim2008 Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:07 PM
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:38 PMModerator