lsass.exe is the LocalSecurityAuthorizationServer in Wind2K. I would suggest
u to copy it from some other computer.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Stout" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 8:03 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Installing new HD on Win2K.


> Subject: [PCBUILD] Installing new HD on Win2K.
>
>
> I purchased a new ATA100 HD  for a WIN2K server and am having problem
> copying old disk to new disk. Win2K server is the only server in the
network
> and is a domain controller and is using Active Directory. I have tried to
> use Norton Ghost 2001 home edition and Enterprise Edition to no avail. All
> the files get copied over but computer doesn't boot properly because
active
> directory does not start. I get an error in program "Isass.exe".  It tells
> me to go into 'safe mode for directory repair' . When I go there it just
> keeps giving me a logon prompt. I type in the admin password and I am
> prompted again to logon.
>
> Any ideas???
>
> Rick Torres
>
>  reply
>
> It appears that you can't ghost or image w2k server to another drive, our
> server uses a mirror image drive and being dynamic keeps a instant copy of
> itself.
> We wanted to upgrade to a 30 gig drive and tried all the programs we could
> get including Ghost, Drive Copy and even Partion Magic but to no avail,
also
> we tried the recomended way from Microsoft and it failed as well.
>
> To increase the size of the drive we spanned it to one of the 30 gig
drives
> and used to other as a mirror of the spanned drive this gives us a mirror
of
> the boot drive and the data drive on one disk.
> This gave us a copy of the OS as a backup, with the backup we tried to
> delete the data area and then stretch the boot drive to the full disk
size,
> unfortunately w2k server wont let you do this as the active directory has
to
> stay the original size it started out as (pity this wasn't documented
> clearly before we set up the server)
>
> We are still waiting for a release of Ghost or something that is w2k
server
> compliant.
> Ghost 6 states that it can copy Server as long as the drive isn't
dynamic...
>
> If someone knows a tried and workable way to copy W2K Server to a larger
HDD
> I would love to know..
>
> Bob Stout
>
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