Chapter 2
Using Boot Diagnostics
IN THIS CHAPTER
Figuring out what’s going wrong with boot diagnostics
Using a special boot mode to bypass server issues
Performing a memory test on your server
Using the Command Prompt to troubleshoot
Troubleshooting with third-party boot utilities
As a system administrator, you’ll get the inevitable call one day about a server that just won’t start. Maybe the server is in a continuous boot loop. Maybe the server just hangs. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to figure out why the system is having issues starting and then fix the issue.
This chapter discusses basic tools and techniques to troubleshoot issues that are causing your system to not be able to boot properly.
Accessing Boot Diagnostics
The first step to figuring out what’s going wrong with your system is to access the boot diagnostic utilities that ship with Windows Server operating systems.
From the DVD
If the server that is having boot issues is a physical server, you ...
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