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Diskpart Does Not See Volumes on OEM Partitions
As I worked today on recreating a Dell Utility Partition, I encountered this factoid: Diskpart, when run inside Windows, does not see volumes on OEM partitions. If you run diskpart under windows and...
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Re-Create Dell Utility Partition after Windows Server 2008 Bare Metal Restore
So you’ve used Windows Server 2008 bare metal restore and it wiped out your Dell Utility Partition. What to do? Background: I’m setting up a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine as a Hyper-V host on a Dell...
View ArticleRestore a Hyper-V Server to an Optiplex 960
Recently I upgraded a small server to run Windows Server 2008 R2 as a Hyper-V host, with Server 2008 R2 as a guest as well. I’ve read that Windows Server Backup can restore to dissimilar hardware. That...
View ArticleRestore a Hyper-V Server to an Optiplex 960, Take 2
In January 2011, I wrote about my experience restoring a Hyper-V Server to an Optiplex 960. That article is exhaustive (and exhausting). I’ve done the same test again and wanted to write up a somewhat...
View ArticleRestore a Hyper-V Server to an Optiplex 960, Take 3
This is the third in the series of almost annual articles about my experiences testing a Hyper-V restore. I’ve done this successfully in 2011 and 2012. Why repeat? To make sure disaster recovery is...
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Restore Server 2012 R2 to a ThinkCentre M93p Desktop
There are several differences since the last time I did a disaster recovery restore test. The server is now a Lenovo ThinkServer TS140 running Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials on “bare metal,” i.e. no...
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Restore Server 2012 R2 to a ThinkCentre M93p Desktop, Take 2
Time for my annual test of restoring a server to a desktop. This year is almost identical to last year, but I want to have one list of steps, so I’ll repeat much of that text. I’m restoring Server 2012...
View ArticleDiskpart Does Not See Volumes on OEM Partitions
As I worked today on recreating a Dell Utility Partition, I encountered this factoid: Diskpart, when run inside Windows, does not see volumes on OEM partitions. If you run diskpart ...
View ArticleRe-Create Dell Utility Partition after Windows Server 2008 Bare Metal Restore
So you’ve used Windows Server 2008 bare metal restore and it wiped out your Dell Utility Partition. What to do? Background: I’m setting up a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine ...
View ArticleRestore a Hyper-V Server to an Optiplex 960
Recently I upgraded a small server to run Windows Server 2008 R2 as a Hyper-V host, with Server 2008 R2 as a guest as well. I’ve read that Windows Server ...
View ArticleRestore a Hyper-V Server to an Optiplex 960, Take 2
In January 2011, I wrote about my experience restoring a Hyper-V Server to an Optiplex 960. That article is exhaustive (and exhausting). I’ve done the same test again and wanted ...
View ArticleRestore a Hyper-V Server to an Optiplex 960, Take 3
This is the third in the series of almost annual articles about my experiences testing a Hyper-V restore. I’ve done this successfully in 2011 and 2012. Why repeat? To make ...
View ArticleRestore Server 2012 R2 to a ThinkCentre M93p Desktop
There are several differences since the last time I did a disaster recovery restore test. The server is now a Lenovo ThinkServer TS140 running Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials on ...
View ArticleRestore Server 2012 R2 to a ThinkCentre M93p Desktop, Take 2
Time for my annual test of restoring a server to a desktop. This year is almost identical to last year, but I want to have one list of steps, so ...
View ArticleRestore Server 2012 R2 to a ThinkCentre M93p Desktop, Take 3
Once a year, I test restoring a server to a desktop. The server is backed up with standard Windows Backup. The idea is to confirm that if the server went ...
View ArticleRestore Server to Desktop – 2017 Edition
Once a year, I test restoring a server to a desktop. The server is backed up with standard Windows Backup. The idea is to confirm that if the server went ...
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