After a bad day with a Windows Server 2003 AD failure I had to do a system state restore using Directory Services Restore Mode (DSRM)
How hard could it be?? F8 in the BIOS before the Windows start right? Wrong!
This was on a HP Proliant ML310 G5 with multiple RAID & ILO devices using F8 as their configuration options, therefore every-time I pressed F8 (trying not to miss my window) I’d simply keep going into these config screens.
The Fix:
Wait until the initial RAID & ILO has loaded and processed to the next item then keep pressing “F5”
Yes F5 not F8!
Thank you so much! Ran into the same issue and this thread helped me get back into my DC. You rock!
Same here. – Thanks!
Thanks… Now got it….