Hi all,

when I boot a newly set up Windows 2008 test server, I get an error like

"DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER"

Well, while I don't like this message much I admit that I probably
messed up things myself by using imaging software (Ghost) to restore the
system partition of the server.

Now the miracle: I insert the product DVD into the DVD drive, and press
enter. The usual "Press any key to boot from this CD" prompt appears. I
do not press a key. After the prompt goes away, Windows 2008 boots and
works OK.

Questions:

* what miracle functionality makes this server "borrow" its boot code
from a DVD?
* while I don't mind leaving the boot-DVD in the DVD drive I'd prefer
the server to boot from the harddrive :-) Any way to fix the boot
environment? Under Windows 2003 I usually used fixboot and fixmbr to fix
problems like these, but I could not find the repair console in Windows
2008 (yet).

Any clues welcome ...

Alwin.

"MyMail972" <MyMail972@web.de> wrote:
> Any way to fix the boot environment?
Hi,

Start the Windows 2008 installation procedure and select the "Repair" option
instead of a regular installation.

ThePro

Hello,
With the DVD in the drive, you boot from the DVD, which then passes the
boot process to the harddrive.
So boot doesn't start from the hard drive so the Boot Code is read
differently.

Is the partition active for example
Use the Windows Server 2008 DVD and choose the repair option

there is a bootrec.exe tool with /fixmbr and /fixboot switches listed in
this article
934540 Windows Vista no longer starts, and Startup Repair does not fix
problem
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;934540


Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

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| >Hi all,
| >
| >when I boot a newly set up Windows 2008 test server, I get an error like
| >
| >"DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER"
| >
| >Well, while I don't like this message much I admit that I probably
| >messed up things myself by using imaging software (Ghost) to restore the
| >system partition of the server.
| >
| >Now the miracle: I insert the product DVD into the DVD drive, and press
| >enter. The usual "Press any key to boot from this CD" prompt appears. I
| >do not press a key. After the prompt goes away, Windows 2008 boots and
| >works OK.
| >
| >Questions:
| >
| >* what miracle functionality makes this server "borrow" its boot code
| >from a DVD?
| >* while I don't mind leaving the boot-DVD in the DVD drive I'd prefer
| >the server to boot from the harddrive :-) Any way to fix the boot
| >environment? Under Windows 2003 I usually used fixboot and fixmbr to fix
| >problems like these, but I could not find the repair console in Windows
| >2008 (yet).
| >
| >Any clues welcome ...
| >
| >Alwin.
| >