

This special installation mode will only wipe the system volume on C: (and with it all user accounts, customizations, installed Add-Ins and applications, applied updates), but leave the data intact.

In case of unreadable sectors get a replacement disk.Īfter broken hardware is replaced, the next step would be to try a server reinstallation (which may be named different, if you got your Windows Home Server as an OEM product). If you find ntfs errors, double click them to see the details. In Start/Control Panel/Administrative Tools click Event Viewer.Ĭheck the System and Application logs for errors (red marked) and warnings (yellow marked). Use the account name Administrator and the console password for login. To do this, log in locally or via Remote Desktop client to the server desktop. If your Windows Home Server still boots, you can check the event log of the server for error details. Try to get the data out as described below. Recommended method: Data recovery has priority. The system disk is ok, but one or more data disks fail, or Windows Home Server Console reports disks as missing.If you can still access the DATA volume of the disk, proceed as described below to copy eventually stored files. Recommended method: Server Reinstall after replacing the disk. The system disk is broken, the data disks are ok.

