In-Place Upgrade from Windows 2003 Domain Controller to Windows 2008

[alsolaih]

Hi,

I've done the In-Place Upgrade from Windows Server 2003 SP2 Standard Domain Controller to Windows Server 2008 standard, after finishing a start-up error coming that there's a hardware or software problem and couldn't start windows.

any help please.

[Bhuvana21]

You must have done this after going through some guides and faq. There are know issue of hardware incompatibility after running a Windows server upgrade. I hope there are ways to downgrade the same but the process is also too complicated. The only way according to me to fix this out is to run a fresh installation. Try to get your backup first.


Upgrade Domain Controllers: Microsoft Support Quick Start for Adding Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controllers to Existing Domains

[alsolaih]

I've solved the problem.

from Windows 2003 Server I update the driver for the RAID Controller to newest version that support 2008, then I did the upgrade, and now everything is fine.

Thanks my friend.

[Bhuvana21]

You are welcome. I hope this thread will be very helpful to many other who will face such issues.