Can't boot Windows

[Mephistus]

Hello,

I own a VPS, recently, I made some updates on it, since then it doesn't boot windows anymore.

I'm using Windows Server 2008 R2 x64

I've tried using the Windows recovery options, fixboot and fixmbr, but no success.

Could anyone help me? I can't wipe a new windows installation since there's a lot of important data and configuration on it.

Thanks.

[Edge100x]

What is the error message that you are seeing?

What did you try in the recovery console?

[Mephistus]

Well, it gets 'looped' on system recovery options, that means, it doesn't show any error message,when I reboot or turn on the server, it goes straight to the system recovery options.

I doesn't enter in safe mode either.

I've tried fixing the boot by using: "Bootrec /Fixmbr" or "Bootrec /fixboot" no success

I've tried also to use Startrep.exe from recovery folder on windows cd.no success

What can I do? I'm out of options.

EDIT: I remember the last thing I did was a windows update before it started to happen.

[Edge100x]

At this point, I would recommend that you recover your files and then re-image your VDS. You should be able to recover your files using a Linux boot disk, though it can be a little complicated. If you'd like me to provide some recovery steps that should work with the Gentoo image, please let me know, and I can work on these for a post here.

[Mephistus]

That sounds good. How could I do that? I will definitely need a tutorial

[Mephistus]

If only I could save some files, that would be helpful as well. A backup of my important data... Since I can't access my OS, I have no Idea how could I backup my data.

[Edge100x]

1. Go to the "Server control" page in the control panel and select an "install-amd64-minimal" ISO from the option for your first virtual DVD drive. Check the box to have it boot from this, and click "Change drive configuration".
2. Use the Reboot option at the top of that page.
3. Go to the VNC console page and wait for it to finish booting. You should be presented with a command prompt.
4. Enter this command to mount your hard drive:
   

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   mount -t ntfs /dev/hda2 /mnt

   (If that shows an error, try with /dev/sda2, and if that doesn't work, stop, and let me know what it says.)
5. Set up your IP address (x.x.x.x), netmask (y.y.y.y), and gateway (z.z.z.z), culled from your "IP list" page in the control panel:
   

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   ifconfig eth0 x.x.x.x netmask y.y.y.y
   route add default gw z.z.z.z

6. Set a system password by typing "passwd" and enter, then entering the same thing twice.
7. Start SSH:
   

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   /etc/init.d/sshd start

8. Load up an SCP client such as WinSCP on your home machine and tell it to connect to the IP address of your VDS. Use username "root" and the password that you set previously.
9. Navigate to the "/mnt" folder and drag-and-drop files that you need to rescue to your home machine.

[Mephistus]

I've stuck on this:

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bash: ifconfig: command not found

[TimeX]

I could be wrong, but I believe that may need to be ipconfig instead of ifconfig.

[Mephistus]

I could be wrong, but I believe that may need to be ipconfig instead of ifconfig.

ipconfig doesnt work either

[TimeX]

We'll need to wait for someone else to chime in here with more information, then.

[Edge100x]

ifconfig is the correct command and will work with Gentoo. I wrote this procedure from memory but tested it step-by-step before posting it, so I know it will work. Are you sure you are using the right boot disk? What is the exact one that you are using, and what is the exact command you are typing?

[Mephistus]

I'm using "install-amd64-minimal-20090903"

I've rebooted the VDS, and it booted to a command prompt with Gentoo writen on top along with the linux logo.

The Command prompt stands like

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livecd ~ #

I've imputed the first command you said, to mount the drive. and it didnt return anything, I assumed it was right.

next, If I use ifconfig, it returns that error. That's all I did

I've typed exactly how you said, of course, replacing the x.x.x.x with my vds ip, and so on.

[Edge100x]

That's the same ISO that I used, and it worked perfectly for me. ifconfig is definitely included, and I received no error from the ifconfig command.

Honestly, the only thing this that I can attribute the error to is a typo. What is the exact ifconfig command you used? If you'd like, post a screen shot.

[Mephistus]

That's the same ISO that I used, and it worked perfectly for me. ifconfig is definitely included, and I received no error from the ifconfig command.

Honestly, the only thing this that I can attribute the error to is a typo. What is the exact ifconfig command you used? If you'd like, post a screen shot.

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ifconfig eth0 66.150.214.216 netmask 255.255.255.0