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How to Recover Active Directory Database in Windows 2008 Server |
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Stopping ntds service
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Click start, and then click Run.
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In the Open text box,type net stop ntds
Starting ntdsutil Command Line tool
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Click Start, and then click Run.
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In the Open text box, type ntdsutil.
How to Recover the Database
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At the Ntdsutil command prompt, type activate instance ntds, and then press ENTER
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At the Ntdsutil command prompt, type files, and then press ENTER.
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At the file maintenance command prompt, type recover, press ENTER.
Verification is displayed.
NOTE: It is recommended that you perform a Semantic database analysis. Refer to the "References" section of this article for resources that describe how to perform the Semantic database analysis.
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To exit the tool, type q at the command prompt, press ENTER, type q, and then press ENTER.
Complete a Database Analysis
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At the Ntdsutil.exe command prompt, type Semantic database analysis, and then press ENTER.
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At the Semantic Checker command prompt, type Go, and then press ENTER.
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Verification is displayed. To exit, type q, press ENTER, type q, and then press ENTER.
Starting ntds service
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Click start, and then click Run.
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In the Open text box,type net start ntds
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