Windows Server 2012 R2 no boot

[SpanishMoss]

I have a windows server 2012 r2 installation that was in raid 1 using a hardware based controller. The raid somehow broke and disk 0 has windows boot loader and a copy of the windows 2012 server installation where AD services are broken. Disk 1 has a functioning installation of windows server 2012 R2 that tests good, but I want to get it on a new raid 1 array. As of right now Disk 1 wont work without Disk 0s boot loader. How can I clone disk 1s windows installation that we want, but then get windows boot loader back on it?

[Zipfire]

repair the bootloader from the install disk BCDBoot C:\Windows

 

[SpanishMoss]

1 hour ago, Zipfirealpha said:

repair the bootloader from the install disk BCDBoot C:\Windows

 

Ill try this tomorrow when im at work and report back the result.

[dalekphalm]

14 hours ago, SpanishMoss said:

I have a windows server 2012 r2 installation that was in raid 1 using a hardware based controller. The raid somehow broke and disk 0 has windows boot loader and a copy of the windows 2012 server installation where AD services are broken. Disk 1 has a functioning installation of windows server 2012 R2 that tests good, but I want to get it on a new raid 1 array. As of right now Disk 1 wont work without Disk 0s boot loader. How can I clone disk 1s windows installation that we want, but then get windows boot loader back on it?

Have you tried simply replacing the dead HDD and then using the Hardware RAID controller to rebuild the array?

[SpanishMoss]

11 hours ago, dalekphalm said:

Have you tried simply replacing the dead HDD and then using the Hardware RAID controller to rebuild the array?

The intel megaraid controller wants to wipe the disks to rebuild the raid. 
 

 

On 5/18/2018 at 7:29 PM, Zipfirealpha said:

repair the bootloader from the install disk BCDBoot C:\Windows

 

This resolved it, thank you.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/bcdboot-command-line-options-techref-di - reading for anyone else that comes across here.

[Zipfire]

8 hours ago, SpanishMoss said:

The intel megaraid controller wants to wipe the disks to rebuild the raid. 
 

 

This resolved it, thank you.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/bcdboot-command-line-options-techref-di - reading for anyone else that comes across here.

Glad you got your Raids Bootloader in place Cheers

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