Upgrading NT4 TS to W2K

[JonathanL]

Currently our TS is NT4, SP6, no Citrix. Raid 5 setup with
2 partitions, C and D. OS on C and configured via computer
policy to store users profiles on D.
I know that a fresh install is better than an upgrade, but
I still am trying to decide if it would be better to
upgrade the TS from NT4 to 2000 or to create a new W2K TS
and migrate the users to it. What I don't know is how I
can set up a new box without having to manually set the
permissions on each users profile folder.
Are there any whitepapers about this type of upgrade?

Jonathan

[TimH]

Hi Jonathan,

Have you considered copying the user profile folder to a network share with the resource kit utility SCOPY, and then copying back to your new W2K box ?

SCOPY will keep the NTFS permissions intact. I have not tried this utility but it may be an answer.

Regards,

Tim



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JonathanL at 10/1/2002 10:52:10 AM

Currently our TS is NT4, SP6, no Citrix. Raid 5 setup with
2 partitions, C and D. OS on C and configured via computer
policy to store users profiles on D.
I know that a fresh install is better than an upgrade, but
I still am trying to decide if it would be better to
upgrade the TS from NT4 to 2000 or to create a new W2K TS
and migrate the users to it. What I don't know is how I
can set up a new box without having to manually set the
permissions on each users profile folder.
Are there any whitepapers about this type of upgrade?

Jonathan