"Marty S" <Mar***@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?

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "Marty S" <Mar***@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.
>
>
>

"Marty S" <Mar***@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" <Mar***@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.
> >
> >
> >

"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" <Mar***@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" <Mar***@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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>

"Marty S" <Mar***@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" <Mar***@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" <Mar***@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.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >

"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" <Mar***@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" <Mar***@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" <Mar***@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.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>