Guest Joe Posted July 27, 2008 Posted July 27, 2008 I have a Windows 2003 server that was powered down gracefully for some building maintenance over the weekend. I went to start it up today and it will not boot normally. No patches were applied to it prior to shutdown. The server will boot in Safe Mode with Networking/Command Prompt without issue, but booting normally I get the Windows 2003 boot screen with the travelling eye so it looks like it is booting but is just hung. I have let it go for as long as an hour without getting anywhere. I have gone in and used msconfig, but any of the options results in more of the same. I need to get this server up and running again. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Guest Dave Patrick Posted July 27, 2008 Posted July 27, 2008 Re: 2003 Server Boot issue Check the event log for clues. -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "Joe" wrote: >I have a Windows 2003 server that was powered down gracefully for some >building > maintenance over the weekend. I went to start it up today and it will not > boot > normally. No patches were applied to it prior to shutdown. > > The server will boot in Safe Mode with Networking/Command Prompt without > issue, but booting normally I get the Windows 2003 boot screen with the > travelling > eye so it looks like it is booting but is just hung. I have let it go for > as long as an > hour without getting anywhere. > > I have gone in and used msconfig, but any of the options results in more > of > the > same. I need to get this server up and running again. > > Any ideas would be appreciated.
Guest Augusto Alvarez Posted July 27, 2008 Posted July 27, 2008 Re: 2003 Server Boot issue Try on the boot menu to start using the "last known good configuration". But even though you are able to boot from there, I advice too to search on event viewer to look for that problem, it might appear again. Also a good backup must be at hand. Cheers -- augusto alvarez | it pro | southworks s.r.l. http://blogs.southworks.net/aalvarez "Joe" <Joe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D171E6F5-E3F3-48D5-9206-8D0A73D20A4F@microsoft.com... >I have a Windows 2003 server that was powered down gracefully for some >building > maintenance over the weekend. I went to start it up today and it will not > boot > normally. No patches were applied to it prior to shutdown. > > The server will boot in Safe Mode with Networking/Command Prompt without > issue, but booting normally I get the Windows 2003 boot screen with the > travelling > eye so it looks like it is booting but is just hung. I have let it go for > as long as an > hour without getting anywhere. > > I have gone in and used msconfig, but any of the options results in more > of > the > same. I need to get this server up and running again. > > Any ideas would be appreciated.
Guest Lil General Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 Re: 2003 Server Boot issue On Jul 27, 6:33 pm, "Augusto Alvarez" <augusto.alvare...@gmail.com> wrote: > Try on the boot menu to start using the "last known good configuration". But > even though you are able to boot from there, I advice too to search on event > viewer to look for that problem, it might appear again. > > Also a good backup must be at hand. > > Cheers > > -- > > augusto alvarez | it pro | southworks s.r.l.http://blogs.southworks.net/aalvarez > > "Joe" <J...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:D171E6F5-E3F3-48D5-9206-8D0A73D20A4F@microsoft.com... > > >I have a Windows 2003 server that was powered down gracefully for some > >building > > maintenance over the weekend. I went to start it up today and it will not > > boot > > normally. No patches were applied to it prior to shutdown. > > > The server will boot in Safe Mode with Networking/Command Prompt without > > issue, but booting normally I get the Windows 2003 boot screen with the > > travelling > > eye so it looks like it is booting but is just hung. I have let it go for > > as long as an > > hour without getting anywhere. > > > I have gone in and used msconfig, but any of the options results in more > > of > > the > > same. I need to get this server up and running again. > > > Any ideas would be appreciated. Boot into safe mode and disable the NIC then try booting normally. Look at the event logs as well.
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