Hello inyoka,
What you are trying wan't work, for a restore you need at least a system
state backup of the DC you like to restore. Just using the files isn't supported
nor i have heard about a working solution to restore a DC that way. You can't
edit something in the registry to get it working.
Sorry, but if you don't have an AD aware backup or a second DC you have to
rebuilt the domain.
Best regards
Meinolf Weber
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> On Apr 18, 6:33 pm, Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] <meiweb@(nospam)gmx.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello inyoka,
>>
>> Restoring a DC to different hardware isn't supported, and this sounds
>> that you are trying this, see here
>> about:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263532
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
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>>> I am running Server 2003 and my server and backups got fried from
>>> dirty power. Beside this major mess up I recovered most of the
>>> data, but have started a reinstall to fix the problems still left (I
>>> couldn't start the AD). Anyway due to a some quirk Windows was
>>> setup to install on G: on the original installation (I don't know
>>> why), and now during the install it says it can't start the Active
>>> Directory (Which is why I am trying a recovery installation).
>>> However I now know the correct fix for this problem is through the
>>> use of NTDSUTIL so...
>>>
>>> I hit SHIFT + F10 to run NTDSUTIL having first entered "set
>>> SAFEBOOT_OPTION=DSREPAIR" I changed the PATH to the DB, BACKUP,
>>> WORKING DIR, etc to point to C:\.... instead of G:\.... from the
>>> previous install. However the settings do not save. Every time I
>>> reboot it reverts to thinking everything is back on the G drive.
>>>
>>> I tried plug-in the hard-drive into another machine running Server
>>> 2003, hoping to just run the G:\WINDOWS\system32\NTDSUTIL.exe and
>>> fix the problem but get the error Error: 0x2(The system cannot find
>>> the file specified.) I can't run NTDSUTIL in recovery console
>>> because its not allowed. And if I try to access Directory Restore,
>>> or Safe mode, it reads that there is an installation in progress and
>>> attempts to restart (so again I can press SHIFT+F10 but my settings
>>> are not saved).
>>>
>>> Can anyone tell me how to run NTDSUTIL in the middle of an install
>>> to fix this problem? Re-installing from scratch is not an option.
>>>
>>> Many thanks to anyone with any ideas, I get the feeling I will be
>>> pushing peoples grey cells to the limits with this, can't imagine
>>> anyone else getting into this problem.
>>>
> Yes you are right the hardware is different, it was a hardware fault
> which caused the initial problems.
>
> I read through the link you sent but I don't know how to perform a
> backup while in the middle of installing the server software. This is
> why I was trying to change the drive info with NTDSUTIL. Is it
> possible to perform a backup in this state?
>
> Basically I booted from the CD, did a recovery install resulting in
> the CD copying everything it needs to the hard-drive then rebooting.
> It then successfully boots from the hard drive continuing the install
> but hangs when trying to start the AD.
>
> If I can't perform a backup, can I edit the registry on this hard-
> drive by plugging it into a separate machine?
>
> Thanks for helping BTW.
>
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