Server 2008 R2 repair install

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Is it possible to do a repair install on a server 2008 R2 Enterprise machine like we used to be able to do on 2003? I need to reinstall on a remote server and don't have a driver cd in the drive just a copy of server. I am worried that when it comes back up I won't have any drivers for the NIC. I have a iDRAC but can't seem to send files over the DRAC to the machine. Sadly this server doesn't have an SD card in the DRAC with the files I need. I welcome any suggestions if the repair is not possible. Our IDC is in Chicago and they are buried under snow so I won't be able to get another admin on site until at least tomorrow.

Best Answer

Yes, it is possible. I had to do a repair on 2008 (not R2) earlier last year. The option of repair is there. I had some bootloader issues (a badly scoped script was deleting NTLDR) that repair managed to fix up.

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