Re: can't log on to server, IIS and RWW down

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Always a tough call.  There isn't a good way to tell when the drive will 
fail.  Some go out completely; others continue to develop more and more bad 
sectors.

Wait until Friday?... maybe, but make absolutely sure that you run FULL 
backups nightly in case the worst happens.

And since your OS may or may not be in good shape now, I think I'd install 
the new drive, reinstall the base Win2003 server OS from CD1 of the SBS 
discs, bring the OS to the same Service Pack level as the old system, and 
then restore the latest backup of the old drive.

Backing Up and Restoring Windows Small Business Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=487736F8-F6F5-436D-A82D-0C8D66E2A634&displaylang=en

-- 
Merv  Porter  [SBS MVP]
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"72chevy" <72chevy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:A597B7CF-83F6-431D-882B-8AF7BB6F03A3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> sorry to for two posts back to back.  Instead of rerunning the lengthly
> process of fixing the corrupted sectors, I elected to restart the 
> server-now
> its running again with no apparent problems.  My question is, when one has 
> a
> failing HD, do random sectors continue to fail every once in awhile, or 
> does
> it go all at once?  Just trying to get an idea if this might limp along 
> until
> Friday when the downtime won't be as damaging.
>
> thanks
>
> "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Many bad sectors may mean that a hard drive is failing.  Your software 
>> may
>> be able to repair the problem (but maybe only temporarily).  Since the
>> repair software tries to read the data in a "bad" sector and copy it to a
>> good sector, if it can't copy the data, your operating system may not
>> function even after the "repair" is complete.  Data other than system 
>> files
>> may also be lost.  A new hard drive may be necessary and this may require 
>> a
>> restore from backup or a new install.
>>
>> -- 
>> Merv  Porter  [SBS MVP]
>> ===================================
>>
>> "72chevy" <72chevy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:52E6E359-C0F7-402C-BC4A-FFC530AE2352@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > is RDP the remote desktop connection I would acquire through \\server?
>> >
>> > No remote desktop via local or external-every connection says "service
>> > unavailable".
>> >
>> > I pulled the plug and am running a Hitachi disk utility program-it has
>> > reported corrupted sectors and is in the process of fixing them.  How 
>> > does
>> > a
>> > HD get corrupted sectors?
>> > thanks
>> > Paul
>> >
>> > "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Can you log in via a straight RDP session to the server from a local
>> >> workstation?  If so, what errors do you find in the event logs?
>> >>
>> >> -- 
>> >> Merv  Porter  [SBS MVP]
>> >> ===================================
>> >> "72chevy" <72chevy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:BF73A8F9-B955-4DFF-B130-8CF539C3D9C7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > the first clue was no external, internal (companyweb) website- just 
>> >> > a
>> >> > "service unavailable" message on the client.  tried to log on to the
>> >> > server,
>> >> > enter user/pass and it begins to log me on but then logs me off as
>> >> > quickly
>> >> > (process takes less than one second).  as it 'logs on", I see 
>> >> > "applying
>> >> > settings" dialog box for a fraction of a second, then "logging off"
>> >> > dialog
>> >> > box and finally "saving settings" dialog box-all three within one
>> >> > second.
>> >> > tryed different user names w/ admin rights w/ same response.  can't 
>> >> > use
>> >> > the
>> >> > server.domain.com/remote, b/c its unavailable; can establish a vpn
>> >> > connection-all though I dont know what that accomplishes.
>> >> >
>> >> > help please
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>> 


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