How to Install Windows Server 2003 When Recovering an Exchange Member Server

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This topic explains how to install Windows Server 2003 when recovering an Exchange member server.

Procedure

To install Windows Server 2003

  • Install Windows Server 2003 on the server that you are rebuilding. During Windows Server 2003 Setup, install the operating system with the NNTP and SMTP components, install the computer into a temporary workgroup instead of a domain, and allow Setup to create a random computer name (NetBIOS) instead of manually specifying a name.

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  • If you have a Windows Server 2003 disk image of the damaged server, restore that image, and then start the operating system. If the disk image included every Windows Server 2003 service pack and software update that was on the damaged server, you do not have to restore the Windows backup set as described in the section "Rebuilding an Exchange Member Server" in Member Server Recovery Methods.