Resolving Windows Home Server 2003 Error: 'Boot Disk Failure'

There are multitude of reasons that can threaten the availability of data on a server. It includes natural disasters, operating system crash, power outage, virus infection, and more. Since servers are usually deployed to fulfill organizational needs, server failure can cease important operations running in a business, including the exchange of data. Server Recovery service comes in place to recover data from such crashed and ceased servers and involves implementing complicated procedures.

We'll now discuss a realistic server failure problem that can occur to Windows Home Server- the home server operating system used for purposes like, remote data access, file sharing, and automated data backups. Consider a server running Windows Home Server 2003 with two more hard disks. One among these hard disks is the operating system hard disk, while the rest ones are being used for data storage.

Suppose you are the server administrator. To add to your surprise, you might suddenly getting complaints that all the networked computers are disconnected from the server for no apparent reason. On analyzing the root of problem on server computer itself, you find the computer being unbootable and giving the below error on screen:

 “Boot Disk Failure. Insert System Disk and Press Enter”

 Further, when you view the hard disks' status, you find one or more hard disks, including the operating system hard disk, unrecognized. Consequently, all the data stored on the server is unavailable for access.

 The same problem might arise on a very complex server system too. To deal with such problems, you should follow the below sequence of steps:

 

• Make sure that your server computer is not trying to boot from an unbootable disk, that might be connected to the computer. If it is, remove the disk.
• Ensure that all the hard disks are properly plugged into the computer.
• Enter the BIOS set up and check if the operating system hard disk is top priority in boot sequence of computer.
• If all the above settings are correct and still your server is unbootable, contact the Data Recovery technicians. A Server Recovery company has all the valuable tools and options that can enable extracting lost data from server computers.