How to change the primary harddisk without reinstall

Hi,
I want to solve the following task:
Change the primary SATA harddisk to an new SSD in Small Business Server 2003.
What I did:
I installed the SSD in to the system and made a software mirror. The two harddisk showed full synch.
The problem:
When I removed the original harddisk to let the mirrored start, it didn’t. It says: “Ntldr is missing”
What I tried:
I wanted to use fixboot; however Recovery console (nor from SBS neither from XP) didn’t recognize the partition fully. It recognized the Dynamic partition, but without letter and also didn’t find Windows installation.
I am looking for an advice how I can transfer the OS to the new disk without reinstall.
Thanks in advance
Péter Fischer

Server 2003 software mirror requires that you break the mirror if you wish to revert to a single disk. Then, because the boot.ini refers to drive1/partition1, you will need to edit that. The easiest way to test is to boot from a floppy with the
boot.ini altered, while keeping your original drive safe from harm.
Can you confirm that you don't need to load storage drives unique to that mobo or controller.... I'm guessing not since you used software raid.
How to make a boot floppy for Server 2003:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325879/en-us
Having said all that, you will gain little by having the system partition on an SSD drive, and SBS 2003 is out of support in April, so if you haven't made plans to migrate to something newer you might want to start those plans soon.
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