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MS Exchange 2003 SP2<br />
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I have a front end server that had a raid controller fail and the data is corrupt. The controller was replaced and I have formatted the disks and installed windows server 2003 and &nbsp;joined the system to AD with the same name. When I run the install, I cannot load exchange as it complains that there is already a server in the exchange org with the same name.<br />
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There is no backup of this server. Can I use the disasterrecovery switch without a backup? Is there a way to install exchange on this server and keep the same name?
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MS Exchange 2003 SP2

I have a front end server that had a raid controller fail and the data is corrupt. The controller was replaced and I have formatted the disks and installed windows server 2003 and  joined the system to AD with the same name. When I run the install, I cannot load exchange as it complains that there is already a server in the exchange org with the same name.

There is no backup of this server. Can I use the disasterrecovery switch without a backup? Is there a way to install exchange on this server and keep the same name?

Disaster recovery for exchange front end server

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.