Re: slow boot

Why are you going to fixmbr? The file system may now be damaged (especially
if the failed disk was kicked back online). What Event Viewer errors are
generated?

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"Bryan" wrote:
| Server is a ML370G2 RAID 5 array with 4 36.4 GB drives. OS is 2K
Advanced
| Server.
|
| A technician rebooted the server because of slow system performance. The
| system failed to boot, displaying a message that NTLDR could not be found.
| I booted to the 2K Setup CD to go into the recovery console. There was a
| delay of about 40 minutes for the recovery console to prompt for
| administrator password. I restored the NTLDR from the CD and restarted.
| Again, the boot seemed to hang, so I ran a chkdsk from the recovery
console.
| After fixing several errors the chkdsk completed. I discovered that one
of
| the phsyical disks in the array was failing. The drive was replaced and
the
| array controller rebuilt the volume.
|
| After replacing the drive, we still have a bootup problem. POST completes
| and the server hangs right at the beginning of the boot. The screen is
| blank. After about 20 minutes we see the boot startup screen.
|
| Once the system completes the boot, performance is normal.
|
| Tonight, I am going to do a "fixmbr" from the recovery console. I am a
| little nervous about the warning message, but a KB article states that as
| long as the system is virus free, a fixmbr can be done sucessfully.
|
| Am I on the right track fixing the mbr?
|
|


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