Server 2003 Repair....

25 Mar 2005 5:37 PM

snerb

Where did the "repair" option go for Server 2003? I've used it with 2000
Server and it's always worked well. Did something replace it?

25 Mar 2005 10:48 PM

Terrence Tan [MSFT]

A repair option is available after booting to the 2003 CD; select Setup,
then Repair.

816579 How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=816579

Then, you'll need to reinstall all critical MS updates.
Also check out 306952 What an in-place Windows 2000 upgrade changes and
what it does not change
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=306952 (this also applies to 2003).

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