danrhodes

Try loading the latest version of knoppix, it may pickup the RAID if its configured from your BIOS at H/W Level? D

Exactly, it's very hard to guestimate the space requirements of the O/S and the services its going to be running, so for the slight loss of performance Dynamic Disks are the ay forward! D

Yep panels are easy to fit. Cheapest place I can find to get them from is quoted above. D

Passthrough disks – The passthrough disk feature allows the guest operating system to bypass the Hyper-V Host file system and access the disk directly. Disks that are made available to guest operating systems via passthrough must be set to “offline” in the Hyper-V host to ensure that both the host and guest operating system do not attempt to access the disk simultaneously. The passthrough disk does offer a marginal performance advantage over other disk storage options but does not support certain functionality of virtual disks, such as Virtual machine snapshots and clustering support. Therefore use of the passthrough disk feature is not recommended in a BizTalk or SQL Server environment because the marginal performance benefits are more than offset by the missing functionality. Still slightly better performance though :pbut no good if you want to use clustering or SQL - Shame

Can you get hold of a copy of pci.sys from your install disk copy it to usb disk, boot up knoppix and copy it from the usb disk to hda0\system32\drivers\

On your new server I would run server 2008 and Hyper-V only. Then I would P2V your old DC onto the new server running Hyper-V then flatten the old and make it a physical backup DC. New Server (Hyper-V) ---> P2V of old DC ---> Other Virtual Servers Old Physical DC - Flatten and use as a Backup DC. D

Not heard any issues from people I know that use that setup.

One shot of that, and I think it would be lights out! D

Oh I'm recovering from 2 relaxing days sunning myself in the garden with the other half and a fair few Vodka/Tonic/Ice and Slice's. ;-)

Yep it looks like either Panel or Inverter. Inverter - Toshiba P200 P205 Inverter PK070006V10 YNV-CO3 - Milbern Panel - NEW TOSHIBA EQUIUM P200 17 1 WXGA LAPTOP LCD SCREEN D

I knew what you meant aptp, it's Monday that's my excuse! D

My only issue with that setup is the worry that the old server you plan to install Hyper-V on may not support Server 2008 or be able to handle any more than the one VM your are planning to install onto it? Why not set the new server as a Virtual Host, install Server 2008 and the Hyper-V role, do a Physical to Virtual Conversion of the exisitng DC and its disks and have it run on the new Server as a VM, this should be a fairly seamless process and can be done within a few hours with no noticable changes for the end users, then flatten the old server and have that running as a RODC in case of a temporary failure of your PDC? D

This is data protection! - A pupils method of preventing virus infections / spread of viruses - Quarantine your USB in a plastic baggy! D

What virtualisation do you currenlty have in place? Do you plant to consolodate all your H/W onto Virtual Machines as if your only doing this 1 then it may be a fruitelss effort. If you already have virtualisation in place and don't currently have a SAN, or have any plans to purchase a SAN then Dynamic Disks are the way, as said above, it will come back and haunt you one day if you go with fixed disks. D

I know what aptp means it just need's wording better, I think he means to create 1 policy that is really tied down, then copy it and then allow certain parts for say staff, not have one tied down and then others to unblock as that would be plain daft! D

Good point, create a base GPO that is really tied down and then allow as requested for staff and other pupils.

If the disk is going to be used for storing alot of files (FileServer) then it may be better to connect a physical drive using Raw Device Mappings to a SAN rather than using a VHD. D

Yeah, this way if you ever need to chance a fine setting it will hae been documented and you will ahve no trouble finding it easily as sometimes you can spend ages trawling through GP's! D

Good at least its working now.

What is your network currently set as? Home, Work or Public?

Go through the settings one by one, it does take a while but at least you can documents exatly how the network is setup. D

No problem Adam, try to give as much info as you can in a response to a question , make's it alot easier for eveybody then :-) Although, sometimes all it needs is a one word answer, even in these cases I try to provide a related article as you never know what level the user is. D

We run some Acer Aspire's and they are great, a full days battery, as said before they arent the sharpest knife in the drawer but teacher and pupils seem to like them, also they are at £200 :-) D

Yeah Adam is right, its prob just your proxy address that needs setting. How to configure Internet Explorer to use a proxy server

Do you mean 2003 or 2008? Windows Server 2008 R2 http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/R2/trial/default.mspx If you are planning to upgrade though I would consider Server 2008 R2 as its newer than Server 2003. Where is South Yorkshire are you? D