I have a customer who due to an unfortunate placement of the server had their server plunge 6 feet onto a hard floor.
Surprisingly the OS drives survived but the Data raid did not, nor various other components.
I've ordered them in a replacement server & have now spent almost the entire day trying various System Recovery CD's & methods to get them up & running on their new hardware.
Their old server was a HP ML150G6 & their new server is a Lenovo ThinkServer TD340 with a Think Server Raid 500 Adapter II.
I've tried using the System Recovery 2011 & 2013 disc's & a wide range of options to restore the system.
My last attempt was to remove all the partitions & then first restore the System reserved partition with Active Boot, disk signature & MBR. Then without restarting I restored the OS Partition (C) without any extra options except for resize the partition. I even disabled the hidden checkmarks (Delete & prompt for drivers & the mini setup).
Almost every boot afterwards is the same, it boots to the Windows repair option & won't let me fix the problem.
I've been looking at this far too long & unforunately without data my customer is dead in the water & I've promised them I would be there in about 14 hours from now to install their new restored server. So any help you can provide would be really appreciated.
Thank you in advance