How To Recover Crashed Windows Server On AWS
How To Recover Crashed Windows Server On AWS SYMPTOMS: Windows server on AWS does not come up and it fails on one check out of TWO system checks. CAUSE: changes in windows settings or firewall which is causing system not to come on network resulting in failing system checks RESOLUTION: 1) Launch new temoparary isntance in same availiability zone. 2) Detach root volume from affetced INSTANCE 3) Attach volume to new instance and bring it online from disk manangement of temporary server 4) Open regedit.exe on temporary server and click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE 5) G o to File menu and select Load Hive and browse the file on the attached volume <letter>:\Windows\System32\config\SYSTEM 6) Set Recover as key name 7) Once loaded, Open the new imported system hive 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > Recover' 8) Click on the 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > Recover> Select' , inside you will see 4 keys - Current = 1 - Default = 1 -