Re: HELP!!! MY SERVER IS HOSED!!!

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1st thing I'd do is power down the system (DO NOT restart, actually power OFF) and leave it for a minute or so.

Sounds like you can get into BIOS, on power up try resetting the BIOS to defaults.

Cursor but no further is _possibly_ video driver. Try booting in VGA mode.

Another worth a go is DSRM (Directory Services Restore Mode). We do not plan on restoring anything but DSRM will allow the server to start without loading AD (and some other stuff) and possibly detect hardware changes.

"Ringo" <RingoEnglewood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:cd872f43-4343-45d4-a636-9a1ef445e257@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Ok,

I ran Dell PowerEdge Updates on my SBS R2 premium server...and now I
cannot get Windows to load at all. After the server's bios sceen
boots, it just shows me a blinking cursor...no Windows is loading
screen, no F1 F2 prompt, nothing at all except a blinking cursor.

I ran chkdsk /p /r three times till no more errors were reported/
corrected. I ran fixboot, also ran fixmbr....and still when I boot I
get a blinking cursor at the bios screens finishes.

Dell RAID utility reports all drives are online...so I know its not a
hardware error. Looks like I am headed for a full reinstallation.

OS exists on a two 40 gig hard drives (MIRRORED ARRAY - Drive C)

All data (Exchange, My Docs, Company Data, Sharepoint, ClientApps,
etc) exists on a seperate three 150 gig RAID 5 array (Drives D: and
E).

Can I just reintall SBS on the C: drive, mount the exchange store and
data from the RAID 5 array, and be done with it? What would you all
recommend for the best way to recovery?

Also, if anyone has any other ideas of how to fix the server without
reinstallation, please let me know asap. HELP!!!!

Ringo

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