Another note is that a DC is only a DC it should not under any circumstances have any DATA that is critical on it.. If you need to recover the server you need to follow the kb at MS about recovery of a failed DC.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alicia Szerenyi Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 11:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] urgent help needed what happens if i reinstall AD over the previous files? will they be overwritten? or will that cause more errors? -----Mensaje original----- De: Charlie Kaiser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: jueves, 05 de agosto de 2004 11:59 Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: RE: [ActiveDir] urgent help needed Personally, on this machine, after all this trouble, I'd back up the critical data that I wanted to keep, verify that the backup of that data could be restored to another location, wipe the machine and reinstall from scratch. Faster, easier, and more dependable than trying to clean up the wreckage... ********************** Charlie Kaiser MCSE, CCNA Systems Engineer Essex Credit / Brickwalk 510 595 5083 ********************** > -----Original Message----- > From: Alicia Szerenyi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 7:48 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] urgent help needed > > After i forced demotion of the DC changing the property from LanmanNT > to ServerNT, i can't access AD (obviously)...but i have left a lot of > files and stuff from the previous install of AD...how do i get rid of > all that junk? can i just delete everything? i don't think i can...i > have files in the folder c:\winnt\system32, and a lot of other > places... > > Thanks > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: Charlie Kaiser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: > jueves, 05 de agosto de 2004 10:16 > Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Asunto: RE: [ActiveDir] urgent help needed > > > Install a UPS that will allow your machine to automatically shut down > gracefully in the event of a power failure... > You might also use an app like VMWare or Virtual PC to create a second > DC that you run for a few hours a week or something like that... > > ********************** > Charlie Kaiser > MCSE, CCNA > Systems Engineer > Essex Credit / Brickwalk > 510 595 5083 > ********************** > > > Is there any way i can avoid a failure because of a power loss? i > > read in the microsoft documentation that power failure can cause > > that the database file can't be read, is deleted or corrupted... > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
