I'm trying to migrate my entire server to new hardware (single drive to single drive). The approach in crazybob's post (two posts ago) seems to be what I'm looking for. However, since I'm moving from and to the same version (ie. SME 7), is it necessary to remove custom templates? Also, is it necessary to reinstall contribs or will they be migrated with the restore-tape procedure. I've had limited success with backup2, most likely due to missed steps on my part, or installing different versions of contribs and this procedure seems to save a lot of time (ie. no "backup" is actually required - merely temporarily attach the old hd to the new server). Please steer me in the right direction.
Thanks,
Rob