Guest jasonb007 Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 We are running windows server 2003 standard SP1 with 2 x 146gb SATA mirrored disks. Both the system C: and data D: paritions are mirrored over both disks, which was done using the disk management. The primary drive, has now failed. The server won't even start with this disk plugged in. Can anyone tell me the procedure to boot off the second hard disk so I can get the server back on. Any help greatly appreciated.
Guest Mathieu CHATEAU Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 Re: Windows 2003 Server Drive Failure HEllo, on your boot.ini you would have two entries, one for each disk. You just have to choose it at boot prompt -- Cordialement, Mathieu CHATEAU http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com "jasonb007" <jasonb007@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:08CE6708-3D54-45AF-8F8C-150F12035F23@microsoft.com... > We are running windows server 2003 standard SP1 with 2 x 146gb SATA > mirrored > disks. Both the system C: and data D: paritions are mirrored over both > disks, which was done using the disk management. The primary drive, has > now > failed. The server won't even start with this disk plugged in. > > Can anyone tell me the procedure to boot off the second hard disk so I can > get the server back on. > > Any help greatly appreciated.
Guest jasonb007 Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 Re: Windows 2003 Server Drive Failure Hi and thanks for your reply. How can I edit the boot.ini if I can't boot the server with the faulty hard disk ? I take it the second hard disk has the boot.ini also. How do I edit this? Is this something I can do booting from the Windows 2003 Server CD? THanks "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote: > HEllo, > > on your boot.ini you would have two entries, one for each disk. > You just have to choose it at boot prompt > > > -- > Cordialement, > Mathieu CHATEAU > http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com > > > "jasonb007" <jasonb007@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:08CE6708-3D54-45AF-8F8C-150F12035F23@microsoft.com... > > We are running windows server 2003 standard SP1 with 2 x 146gb SATA > > mirrored > > disks. Both the system C: and data D: paritions are mirrored over both > > disks, which was done using the disk management. The primary drive, has > > now > > failed. The server won't even start with this disk plugged in. > > > > Can anyone tell me the procedure to boot off the second hard disk so I can > > get the server back on. > > > > Any help greatly appreciated. > >
Guest Mathieu CHATEAU Posted August 28, 2007 Posted August 28, 2007 Re: Windows 2003 Server Drive Failure Hello, you can boot from the CD to get the recovery console to edit the file. bootcfg command may help -- Cordialement, Mathieu CHATEAU http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com "jasonb007" <jasonb007@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:42C94AC5-D5D1-4448-AF1D-8A4B07A4FB72@microsoft.com... > Hi and thanks for your reply. > > How can I edit the boot.ini if I can't boot the server with the faulty > hard > disk ? I take it the second hard disk has the boot.ini also. How do I > edit > this? Is this something I can do booting from the Windows 2003 Server CD? > > THanks > > > "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote: > >> HEllo, >> >> on your boot.ini you would have two entries, one for each disk. >> You just have to choose it at boot prompt >> >> >> -- >> Cordialement, >> Mathieu CHATEAU >> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com >> >> >> "jasonb007" <jasonb007@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:08CE6708-3D54-45AF-8F8C-150F12035F23@microsoft.com... >> > We are running windows server 2003 standard SP1 with 2 x 146gb SATA >> > mirrored >> > disks. Both the system C: and data D: paritions are mirrored over >> > both >> > disks, which was done using the disk management. The primary drive, has >> > now >> > failed. The server won't even start with this disk plugged in. >> > >> > Can anyone tell me the procedure to boot off the second hard disk so I >> > can >> > get the server back on. >> > >> > Any help greatly appreciated. >> >>
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