happgilmore Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 WINDOWS 2003 SERVER STANDARD error started last week as NVRAM / DRIVE configuration are inconsistentresolved when went into CTRL M Raid config - Add/View. drive 0.1 brought back online and consistency checked.all raid drives currently ONLINE. No other recent hardware errors identified when run 'quick' hardware testing.upon reboot received error NTDETECT FAILED.created new boot disk to boot to Windows Install for repair of Windows. Unable to perform.DID TTHE following:"2. Press ‘R’ when offered the option of using the Windows Recovery ConsoleRecovery Console will prompt at the command prompt type the following:C:\WINDOWS >cd system32\this changes the current directory to C:\Windows\System32ren config configoldThis renames the config folder to configoldmkdir configthis makes a new directory called configcd configchanges the current directory to c:\Windows\System32\Configthen type the following lines pressing enter after each onecopy c:\windows\repair\systemcopy c:\windows\repair\softwarecopy c:\windows\repair\samcopy c:\windows\repair\securitycopy c:windows\repair\default"sucessfully booted to Windows install, recognize curr Windows install, and selected to REPAIR the install.Encountered error: LSASS.EXE Security accounts manager initialization failed b ecause the directory service cannot start. Use recovery console...Replaced LSASS.exe from dllcache. rebooterror when attempting Directory Services recovery mode.ERROR: cannot run Windows Setup in Safe Mode.(also tried Last known good config - but to no avail)reboot to Recovery console.replace ntds.dit from install cd.Reboot. Windows setup is not continuing, message on the screen says WAITING FOR ACTIVE DIRECTORY TO START. and no drives moving, nor does it look like anything happening.also, on Dell PE 2850 server, the LCD panel has gone back to Amber today - had been blue for last 2 days (althought couldn;t boot) When i checked RAID / and other hardware tests, no errors found.Where do I go from here? How long should I expect Active Directory to start (rebuild?) do I just try to get what I can off the server (databases and such) and rebuild, or is this recoverable?Some files are recently backed up, but no programs. don't want to re-install, if I'm only feet(?) from the finish line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allen2 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 You removed the active directory database (ntds.dit) !!!! What you did is plainly wrong from the begining, you should have imaged the drive/partition then, after the faulty drive was resynced in the raid controller bios, you should have done a chkdsk /r and then it have booted properly (but might not if the raid was destroyed as it seem it was).Your only option is to restore the drive/partition if you had a backup or try to recover all the missing files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happgilmore Posted September 26, 2012 Author Share Posted September 26, 2012 Allen2 thanks for your comments.I foolishly thought that if I removed the database and used the right utility I could rebuild it. I have since found a active directory back up from a while ago, but didn't realize there are several other files that work in conjunction.Back when the Raid drive rebuilt, there was no option to reboot. As soon as the drive rebuilt, upon reboot I received the NTDetect failed message.There is a hardware issue on the server as well because (at least when in Windows) USB drive use locks up the server. So I didn't try to clone right away.From everything I can see the raid is intact - all drives are on line. But the OS has been giving me issues trying to get it to boot again.Do you think if I replace the ntds.bit and related logs and other files with it, that I can save it. Or just fresh install windows server (either option would be after cloning the drive). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allen2 Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 To backup the server, you might try to boot from a CD and do the backup through the network.You should then do the chkdsk /r and be prepared to restore all files that might be deleted if the raid was damaged (sometimes chkdsk /r delete almost everything).Then restoring the deleted/corrupt files will help and might solve the problem. All this process might take a long time so perhaps starting from scratch will be faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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