How to Remove Hard Disks from a Damaged Server and Install Them into a Standby Recovery Server

This topic explains how to remove hard disks from a damaged server and install them into a standby recovery server.

Procedure

To remove the hard disks from a damaged server and install them into a standby recovery server

1. Shut down the server that experienced the disaster.

2. Remove the hard disks from the damaged production server.

3. Replace the hard disks in the standby recovery server with the hard drives from the damaged server.

4. Start the standby recovery server and run Chkdsk on all disk partitions to ensure that there are no problems with the file system. For information about running Chkdsk, see Running the Windows Chkdsk Utility.

   Note

   If you verify that the hard disks from the damaged server are not functioning correctly in the standby recovery server, reinstall the standby recovery server's original hard disks.