Broken System

[Barry Sweeney]

Dear all,

I recently set up a SBS2k3 box to test with and put a couple of users on it.
I didn't get around to doing a backup in the three days that the server was
up and then we suffered a power outage that has effected a registry
corruption to the extent that the box won't start (not even the recovery
console).

I had the exchange store on a separate partition, will it be possible to
import/attach this mailstore after I have reinstalled SBS2k3 on the machine?

Many thanks

Barry

[Mark Arnold [MVP]]

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:46:29 -0000, "Barry Sweeney" <barry at sweeneys
dot net> wrote:

Dear all,

I recently set up a SBS2k3 box to test with and put a couple of users on it.
I didn't get around to doing a backup in the three days that the server was
up and then we suffered a power outage that has effected a registry
corruption to the extent that the box won't start (not even the recovery
console).

I had the exchange store on a separate partition, will it be possible to
import/attach this mailstore after I have reinstalled SBS2k3 on the machine?

Many thanks

Barry

Can't you attempt a full repair of the system? It's easier to fix the

root problem rather than abandon ship and try to use a different store
in a new installation.

[Barry Sweeney]

"Mark Arnold [MVP]" <mark@mvps.org> wrote in message
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:46:29 -0000, "Barry Sweeney" <barry at sweeneys

Hi Mark, thanks for replying,

Can't you attempt a full repair of the system? It's easier to fix the
root problem rather than abandon ship and try to use a different store
in a new installation.

Since the power failure, the machine gives the following message when trying
to load windows:

Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\windows\system32\config\system

I've tried using the recovery console, it gives me the option of choosing
one system, which I take, it then hangs, so I get nowhere.

The storage was a raid 1 array, I've tried using the disks individually and
it's no go either.

Not sure where I go from here