2003 Server Boot issue

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I have a Windows 2003 server that was powered down gracefully for some building
maintenance over the weekend. I went to start it up today and it will not
boot
normally. No patches were applied to it prior to shutdown.

The server will boot in Safe Mode with Networking/Command Prompt without
issue, but booting normally I get the Windows 2003 boot screen with the
travelling
eye so it looks like it is booting but is just hung. I have let it go for
as long as an
hour without getting anywhere.

I have gone in and used msconfig, but any of the options results in more of
the
same. I need to get this server up and running again.

Any ideas would be appreciated.
 
Re: 2003 Server Boot issue

Check the event log for clues.


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"Joe" wrote:
>I have a Windows 2003 server that was powered down gracefully for some
>building
> maintenance over the weekend. I went to start it up today and it will not
> boot
> normally. No patches were applied to it prior to shutdown.
>
> The server will boot in Safe Mode with Networking/Command Prompt without
> issue, but booting normally I get the Windows 2003 boot screen with the
> travelling
> eye so it looks like it is booting but is just hung. I have let it go for
> as long as an
> hour without getting anywhere.
>
> I have gone in and used msconfig, but any of the options results in more
> of
> the
> same. I need to get this server up and running again.
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
 
Re: 2003 Server Boot issue

Try on the boot menu to start using the "last known good configuration". But
even though you are able to boot from there, I advice too to search on event
viewer to look for that problem, it might appear again.

Also a good backup must be at hand.

Cheers

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"Joe" <Joe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D171E6F5-E3F3-48D5-9206-8D0A73D20A4F@microsoft.com...
>I have a Windows 2003 server that was powered down gracefully for some
>building
> maintenance over the weekend. I went to start it up today and it will not
> boot
> normally. No patches were applied to it prior to shutdown.
>
> The server will boot in Safe Mode with Networking/Command Prompt without
> issue, but booting normally I get the Windows 2003 boot screen with the
> travelling
> eye so it looks like it is booting but is just hung. I have let it go for
> as long as an
> hour without getting anywhere.
>
> I have gone in and used msconfig, but any of the options results in more
> of
> the
> same. I need to get this server up and running again.
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
 
Re: 2003 Server Boot issue

On Jul 27, 6:33 pm, "Augusto Alvarez" <augusto.alvare...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Try on the boot menu to start using the "last known good configuration". But
> even though you are able to boot from there, I advice too to search on event
> viewer to look for that problem, it might appear again.
>
> Also a good backup must be at hand.
>
> Cheers
>
> --
>
> augusto alvarez | it pro | southworks s.r.l.http://blogs.southworks.net/aalvarez
>
> "Joe" <J...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> news:D171E6F5-E3F3-48D5-9206-8D0A73D20A4F@microsoft.com...
>
> >I have a Windows 2003 server that was powered down gracefully for some
> >building
> > maintenance over the weekend.  I went to start it up today and it will not
> > boot
> > normally.  No patches were applied to it prior to shutdown.
>
> > The server will boot in Safe Mode with Networking/Command Prompt without
> > issue, but booting normally I get the Windows 2003 boot screen with the
> > travelling
> > eye so it looks like it is booting but is just hung.  I have let it go for
> > as long as an
> > hour without getting anywhere.
>
> > I have gone in and used msconfig, but any of the options results in more
> > of
> > the
> > same.  I need to get this server up and running again.
>
> > Any ideas would be appreciated.

Boot into safe mode and disable the NIC then try booting normally.
Look at the event logs as well.
 
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