NT deleting corrupted files when booting after failed bootup 1

[chagme]

I will be looking at an NT Server 4.0 tomorrow and all the information I have right now is:
- system shut down properly when power went out;
- on next startup, the UPS failed (during thunderstorm) and system went down during boot up;
- on next startup, blue screen came up with a message that system was "deleting corrupted files" -- user powered system off when he saw that message.

Are we SOL, or is the system deleting some kind of temp files it created during the prior failed bootup?

 

[rjbj]

I would suggest that you try to start the system by pressing the spacebar when propted to "start using the last known good hardware menu." or someting to that effect. If it starts normally after that then I would say that it is probably your Nic card that has taken a beating. I would say after you boot, you probably won't be able to connect to the network. If that fails try VGA mode, anything to get into the system to get to the event log.

 

[chagme]

Thanks rjbj.

Looks like what took a beating might be the RAID array tower. I can't mount MacFile volumes on that drive.
It's a 6-disk array and if I go in to Disk Administrator one of the disks in the array is outlined in red.
Any suggestions?

 

[rjbj]

Here are 3 articles I found in the Microsoft KB that will be of use to you. View them in this order:

Q174502
Q131658
Q120227

If you view them in this order it will be easier to figure a solution I think.