Server 2012 R2 Unable to start
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Hi,
I recently uninstalled ImDisk using Revo Uninstaller Pro Portable and I now recieve a "INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE" BSOD every time the server starts up.
I've tried placing all the instalation files and drives back onto the disk on another machine, but the machine still cannot start.
I did this by extracting the ImDiskTk-x64.exe file using 7-Zip and then copied all the files in the relevant sections on the un-bootable drive such as:
C:\Program Files\ImDisk
C:\Windows\System32
C:\Windows\System32\drivers
C:\Windows\SysWOW64
I found the location of each file by searching for the files on a working install of ImDisk on another machine.
I've tried (what I think is) all of the usual steps to try resolve2012 R2 startup issues such as startup repair "last known good configuration", safe mode, system restore, "SFC /scannow", "BOOTREC /rebuildbcd", "BOOTREC /fixmbr", and "BOOTREC /fixboot".
All of these commands have been ran in the pre-boot enviroment built into 2012 R2, as well as from a recovery CMD from the "Repair my PC" section of the installation ISO.
And when trying to boot into safe mode or any other mode, the BSOD still comes up after the whirling cirlce goes around for 15-20 seconds.
This server is installed and setup in UEFI boot.
Is it possible that I didn't properly uninstall the tool, and it's now affected Windows?
The only reason I used the 3rd party uninstaller tool was because I couldn't unmount the RAM disk with the configuration tool as it stated a driver error that I can't remember unfortunately, something about a file missing.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated as my server will no longer boot and I can't think of anything else to try. I really really do not want to rebuild this server as I have a lot hosted on here.
Perhaps you get a clue where it goes wrong booting with boot logging enabled:
"When you Enable Boot Logging by pressing F8 or by selecting it from the boot menu, the boot log is written to %SystemRoot%\Ntbtlog.txt"
Thank you for the suggestion, I will try this now and report back what I find
I've enabled boot logging from the F8 recovery menu, but unfortunatley I can't find a Ntbtlog.txt file in C:\Windows. I don't know why...
Use msconfig.exe. Start that, go to Boot-TAB, enable boot log and click OK and reboot. After that, you should have that file for examination