shares

I am going to format our windows 2000 server and install windows 2003 server
on it. All the data on the windows 2000 server are in shared directory. what
would be the easiest way to backup the shared directories and restore the
shared directories to Windows 2003 with out recreating all the shares? It
would save lots of time. I found that if I moved or copied shared
directories to another server for backup, it takes the share off. Any
thoughts.

Mitch

Hi,

What I usually do is export the registry
(HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserv er\Shares) keys and import
them on new system. My recommendation before you do it in production -- test
it in your lab.

Here is more information on the subject:

Saving and restoring existing Windows shares
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q125996/

I hope this helps,

--
Mike
Microsoft MVP - Windows Security

"mitch" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I am going to format our windows 2000 server and install windows 2003
>server
> on it. All the data on the windows 2000 server are in shared directory.
> what
> would be the easiest way to backup the shared directories and restore the
> shared directories to Windows 2003 with out recreating all the shares? It
> would save lots of time. I found that if I moved or copied shared
> directories to another server for backup, it takes the share off. Any
> thoughts.
>
> Mitch