SeeDk
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Server not booting into Windows?
Rebooted a server to look into some config settings.
Saw what I wanted and didn't make any changes.
Let the system reboot...and now it won't boot into Windows.
It goes through BIOS, and starts trying PXE boot instead of the internal C drive.
It fails, and then when I select the C drive, it goes right back into PXE boot.
The drives are configured as two virtual disks on a RAID controller.
I went into the configuration utility.
The virtual disks and associated physical disks are there. They are showing online.
What else can I check?
Saw what I wanted and didn't make any changes.
Let the system reboot...and now it won't boot into Windows.
It goes through BIOS, and starts trying PXE boot instead of the internal C drive.
It fails, and then when I select the C drive, it goes right back into PXE boot.
The drives are configured as two virtual disks on a RAID controller.
I went into the configuration utility.
The virtual disks and associated physical disks are there. They are showing online.
What else can I check?
Lee W, MVP
Check that the hard drive(s) didn't fail. Servers usually have RAID controllers - go into the RAID controller and confirm it's not failed. Boot off a Windows install media and see if the Windows installer sees hard drives. This is almost certainly NOT a Windows problem (given your description) but a hardware problem.
ASKER
On the server, I entered the ' PERC BIOS Configuration Utility'
There it is showing me two controllers. One Integrated and one an adapter.
Both controllers have Virtual Disks which are displaying as OPTIMAL.
All the physical disks are ONLINE.
I don't see any failed status anywhere from the controller.
I can't check booting off Windows right now since I am not on site. I am looking at all these settings via a remote KVM session.
There it is showing me two controllers. One Integrated and one an adapter.
Both controllers have Virtual Disks which are displaying as OPTIMAL.
All the physical disks are ONLINE.
I don't see any failed status anywhere from the controller.
I can't check booting off Windows right now since I am not on site. I am looking at all these settings via a remote KVM session.
ASKER
This might be the issue:
VD0 is set as the boot disk. It is a RAID1.
One of the disks in that VD is showing a SMART error status.
Could this be the cause of the issue?
What are my options to get this to boot?
VD0 is set as the boot disk. It is a RAID1.
One of the disks in that VD is showing a SMART error status.
Could this be the cause of the issue?
What are my options to get this to boot?
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Fixed on my own