Do you have Acronis TrueImage or another disk imaging app that works with your storage hardware that you can use to image the box? I always feel better about making big changes if�����ve got an image handy. Plus, you can restore the data from the image if you decide to start over and save the time required to get the offsite backup in your hands.
If there is no RAID setup, you can always toss the drive in another machine and backup the data that way. Good lu����� From: Daniel Rodriguez [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 7:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 2003 Server Issue. Data on the server is backed up offsite. Don't have a backup of the entire server. i'll go back into the Recovery Console and try that. On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> wrote: If you really think������������s a driver or service you can enumerate them in the recovery console and disable as necessary����������������s probably worth a shot to reboot before you do this if chkdsk seemed OK. You do have a good backup, right? From: Daniel Rodriguez [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 7:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 2003 Server Issue. Ok, I am able to get to the Recovery Console. Weird thing, when it asked for the Admin password, I went for broke and just hit <Enter> and I got in. Running Chkdsk /r on C: Drive. Anything else? Should I try Safe Mode, first, before trying to go into Normal Mode? On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: Heh. Great minds... On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 15:48, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> wrote: > You could always blank the password with ntpasswd > (http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/), then use the windows recovery > console to disable whatever services/drivers you need to prevent from > starting. > > > > From: Daniel Rodriguez [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 6:41 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Windows 2003 Server Issue. > > > > I have tried Safe Mode, Safe Mode Command Prompt, Last Known Good Settings, > and selected the option to Not to reboot on System Error. > > > > I am at a total loss on how to recover from this. All I know is, the person > who had the admin rights tried to change the password and it not here and > there is now one here who remembers what that password was. I am thinking > that maybe there is a sevice that is/was tied to the Admin password. > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Jeff <[email protected]> wrote: > > how about last known good? > > > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Daniel Rodriguez <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a Dell PowerEdge with Windows 2003 Standard Server. > > > > Someone with admin rights has done something to the server. > > > > Issue: When powering up the server, shows that it is loading, gets to the > grey screen with status messages. When it gets to 'Network Connections' > there is an error message stating that a service or drivers did not load and > to look at the Event View for more details. It then shows the login screen > for a split second and then Windows performs a shutdown. > > > > This happens when I try to go into Safe Mode, as well. > > > > Ideas? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
