Well. I have done all your suggestions (!) and no go. the only thing is coming in my mind is just get an image of domain controller and exchange and do the disaster recovery and see if it fixes errors and dozens of event error I get. So in worst case I can recover from images so the place I am now Thank you for suggestions, I owe you one!!! For your reading http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822945 <http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822945&Product=exch 2> &Product=exch2 _____ From: Rick Boza [mailto:rickb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 12:59 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Re: how to reinstall? http://www.MSExchange.org/ Oh my word, what on earth could be so bad you would even be considering this? You don't simply wipe and reinstall Exchange when you're having problems. This isn't your gaming box that you reinstall Windows on every so often to increase the performance. What specific issues are you having? I suggest you back carefully away from the server keyboard and don't touch it again until you've read through a good book or taken a class on Exchange administration. Or call someone that knows what they're doing and pay whatever price they name. You clearly need a hand. On 2/6/05 12:36 PM, "Ara" <ara@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hello Thank you for helping. I have to reinstall my exchange box as there are so many troubles going on and might be better to do a clean install. I am going to follow these steps. Are these correct? 1. shutdown the exchange server machine 2. go to active directory and find the exchange server machine and then right click and choose reset account 3. reinstall windows and do the updates till the same patch level 4. join it to domain using the old machine name it had 5. install exchange using disaster recovery mode 6. mount the database Is everything will be ok if I follow this? Wouldn't I face any domain or schema problems? Windows server 2003 + exchange 2003 enterprise ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSEXchange.org Discussion List as: rickb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSEXchange.org Discussion List as: ara@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
