I have an SBS 2011 (SBS 2008 R2) server on Dell T610 hardware with Raid 1 and Raid 5 drive and did a full BMR backup using Windows Server Backup Utility. When I recover to a similar machine (Dell T610 same Raid configuration) it boots to a blank screen and mouse pointer. No matter which mode I boot into (safe modes, normal, low resolution video etc.) I cannot get past this. Also, when I tried to run SFC /SCANNOW the message came back that there is a pending repair that requires a reboot before I can run that utility.
I have tried to clear this condition by using a suggested "dism.exe /image:C:\ /cleanup-image /revertpendingactions" but that had no effect even though the prompt came back saying the process completed successfully and would take effect on reboot.
The server is actually functional in that I can connect to it, join a computer to the domain and run Sql client software and access mapped drives etc. I just cannot login to the machine and cannot Remote Desktop into it either.
I am actually restoring it again overnight and set it so it will not restart automatically. I am hoping that it will allow the sfc /scannow at that point.
My question is, can anyone think of other things I might test/apply before the very first reboot that might help me avoid the same results? So close. Thanks so much.
Patrick H
