Windows System Recovery; Recovery Of Windows Server 2016 / Windows Server 2012 R2 - NEC Express5800 Series Maintenance Manual

Chapter 1 Maintenance
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Windows System Recovery

Recover the Windows system by using the following instructions if the system does not work normally.
6.1

Recovery of Windows Server 2016 / Windows Server 2012 R2

If the Windows does not start normally, you can recover it using the feature of the Windows installation disc.
To run this feature, start the installation disc, and then choose Repair your computer in the setup
We recommend that this option is performed by the system administrator.
If the RAID controller driver is required, take the following steps:
1. After turning on the server or restarting the server, insert the OS installation disc into the server.
2. Press <F11> key during POST to start Boot Menu.
3. In One-Time Boot Menu, select the optical disc drive to which OS installation disc is set by Step 1,
and then exit the menu.
The OS installation disc will start.
4. When the message "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD..." appears on the upper of the screen,
press <Enter> key to boot from the disc.
While boot-up proceeds, the message "Loading files..." appears.
5. Choose Repair your computer in the setup wizard.
6. Click Troubleshoot.
7. Click Command Prompt.
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Note  After recovering the Windows, be sure to install each driver and Standard
Program Package.
See "Installation Guide (Windows)" to install Standard Program Package and
device drivers.
 If the Windows system cannot find hard disk drives, you cannot recover the
Windows system.
Note
When the server configures an on-board RAID controller and an internal optical
disc drive, load the driver from a removable media.
Copy the following folder from Starter Pack DVD to a removable media in
advance.
\software\002\drivers\sw_raid1_driver
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6. Windows System Recovery
wizard.