asked on Blinking cursor on boot of Server 2008
We had an issue with a Dell Perc S200 raid controller which caused the raid array to fail. We have managed to recover the partitions and put on the the disk. When booting we get a blinking cursor on a blank screen. We have gone into the recover console and run
bootrec /fixmbr, then bootrec /fixboot, bootrec /rebuildbcd. This is all successful but it still does the same.
We then did a bcdedit c:\windows to point to the os - again the same.
Lasting we went into X:\sources\recovery\startu
Any suggestions on next steps?
bootrec /fixmbr, then bootrec /fixboot, bootrec /rebuildbcd. This is all successful but it still does the same.
We then did a bcdedit c:\windows to point to the os - again the same.
Lasting we went into X:\sources\recovery\startu
Any suggestions on next steps?
Windows Server 2008Dell
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vehastings
Rebuild the bootrecord.
Give this a try Fixing Windows Server 2008 R2 Boot Problem
Also check this Windows Server 2008 Repair Steps for No Boot Issues
Give this a try Fixing Windows Server 2008 R2 Boot Problem
Also check this Windows Server 2008 Repair Steps for No Boot Issues
ASKER
Hi
The first article we had already tried all of it.
the second we had run a startrep. I have just run an sfc as per the article and a chkdisk and both these have run clean as well.
But still the same problem.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Valerie.
The first article we had already tried all of it.
the second we had run a startrep. I have just run an sfc as per the article and a chkdisk and both these have run clean as well.
But still the same problem.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Valerie.
Hi,
Can you confirm at this point if the problem is with the MBR or is it with RAID card? If this much time has gone by, I would throw the recovered partition into a VM or even better if you have previous day backup image of the whole server.
We run multiple VMs and if any server goes down we can simply swap VM or if physical then P2V and up running within a few hours. Is this something you can do as well?
Wayne
Can you confirm at this point if the problem is with the MBR or is it with RAID card? If this much time has gone by, I would throw the recovered partition into a VM or even better if you have previous day backup image of the whole server.
We run multiple VMs and if any server goes down we can simply swap VM or if physical then P2V and up running within a few hours. Is this something you can do as well?
Wayne
Have you a Windows 7 boot DVD? Use it to boot the server and use the StartRep function from within that and it should repair this issue - I've used that before to fix a 2008 blinking cursor issue, StartRep from the recovery console of 2008 wasn't doing the job but the Win7 version did work...give it a shot and see
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fixed the issue
Thanks,
Valerie.