I installed a new drive in our iMac after doing a full backup, both the OSX and Windows partitions. Windows 7 Ultimate 64.
Restored the Mac side uneventfully, although incredibly slow. 12 hours for 200gb.
When I boot from the Restore CD, it does not see the WHS at all. I copied the drivers to a USB key, but the only network driver it loads is the wireless, even though the ethernet adapter is on the key.
I installed Win 7, WHS Connector, and I hoped I could restore from the console. If that's possible, I haven't figured it out.
The console is incredibly slow. Takes 30 minutes to start and become responsive. (Have rebooted server).
I thought maybe if I got back into the console, and copied the drivers again, it might help. But still no luck. So I tried using my Win 7 Repair Disk and it DOES see the server, but it is looking for an "image" it can't find. Or i don't know what I'm doing.
Reading threads here, it sounds like loading the server up with Pix, Music, and Video can bring it to a hault? I did that before the upgrade. I copied everything to the server, as well as doing the manual backup. The server has a ton of free space, and it
says the storage is balanced.
I would really like to get the restore complete. Went so easy with may laptop, that I didn't expect any problems. Any ideas? All the other computers on the network see the server fine. It is an HP MediaSmart 495. Has 4 drives, 1tb, 1tb, 1.5tb, 1.5tb. Over
50% is free.
If it wasn't so incredibly time consuming to change the drive in an iMac, I'd put the old one back in and back it up to an external drive. I've about decided that's what I'm going to have to do unless someone else has an idea on how to get this thing to
see the server.
Thanks,
-Jack
