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More info?)
This partition is on a disk that is part of a mirror controlled by the Server
OS disk management. I tried to mark active but it will not, i guess since it
is not labeled as the primary partition. Now what?
"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
> You can use any old tool to make the partitition active,
> even a Win98 boot disk (www.bootdisk.com).
>
> The password you need is the password for the
> account named "administrator".
>
>
> "Marty S" <MartyS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:757A4AB1-4BF6-42B2-A954-6591B956FBBA@microsoft.com...
> > I would make the disk active within disk management in the OS correct?
> Also,
> > the password to access the console should be the cuurent administrator
> > password right, or am i missing something? I tried logging in to the
> console
> > and it would not accept the password.
> >
> > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
> >
> > > Yes. You also need to make the boot disk active.
> > > Furthermore, you must ensure that you have a Windows
> > > MBR and a Windows boot sector. They can be set from
> > > the Recovery Console with the command fixmbr and fixboot.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Marty S" <MartyS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:528BDBBC-64B3-4B5E-A859-1EC46C1B1BF2@microsoft.com...
> > > > If I am able to get the machine to boot with this disk after editing
> the
> > > > boot.ini, which files do i need to copy over to the hard drive to get
> it
> > > to
> > > > boot on its own? Just the ntldr, ntdetect.com and the boot.ini?
> > > >
> > > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "Marty S" <MartyS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > > news:6716154D-ED7C-45F0-8CF5-A583F81864B2@microsoft.com...
> > > > > > I have an Exchange Server that has the OS mirrored on two SCSI
> drives.
> > > > > One
> > > > > > of the drives went down about a week ago and I replaced it. I
> went to
> > > > > reboot
> > > > > > it today and it would not start back up. I happened to remember
> that
> > > the
> > > > > > utility partition on the drive was never mirrored, only the OS
> > > partition.
> > > > > I
> > > > > > tried to go through the emergency repair process but whenever I
> put my
> > > ERD
> > > > > > disk in i get a blue screen. I tried to let it do it with the ERD
> and
> > > it
> > > > > > finds the load of Windows but never repairs it enough to boot.
> How
> > > can i
> > > > > get
> > > > > > that OS mirror to boot now that it is missing all of the startup
> > > files?
> > > > >
> > > > > As a first step I would try to boot the machine from a Win2000
> > > > > boot disk, in order to confirm the integrity of the OS. Format a
> > > > > floppy disk on any Win2000/XP PC, then copy these two files
> > > > > from your server CD to the floppy disk:
> > > > > - ntldr
> > > > > - ntdetect.com
> > > > >
> > > > > Now use the ERD process to copy c:\boot.ini to the floppy disk,
> > > > > then boot the server with this disk.
> > > > >
> > > > > By the way, a mirrored disk is of limited use if you do not test
> > > > > its operation while things are going well. You would sleep much
> > > > > better if you set up the mirror, then removed one disk and checked
> > > > > if the machine is still bootable. This applies to all other backup
> > > > > processes too.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
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