Windows 2008 R2 DC Recovery Test BSOD on boot

Hello everyone.
first off i have a perfectly healthy production domain with 2 domain controllers and replication occurring between them, the only issue is there on the same site.
i am in a test environment testing a scenario where both DC's are broken and i need to build a new one on new hardware, and all i have is a system state backup.
following the instructions,
Build a new machine closely matching the original machine hardware, (RAM and HDD size)
install 2008r2. allocate static IP address and reboot in DRM
add windows feature, windows server backup
select restore in WSB and select the system state.
DC then restores the data and askes to be rebooted.
after the reboot i get a BSOD on boot and its seems to occur when to loading CLASSPNP.SYS file any suggestions on how to resolve this?
also is there a way of building a DC, using DCPRMO then restoring the data to another location and then importing it into active directory.
basically i need a plan that can be used in a total disaster scenario with a off site backup of the system state / backup as my only options.
cheers
Gordon

Have you seen? Also make sure to install the exactly same operating system and service pack level
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249694/
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Why does my computer run so slow when installing updates?
7.
Every time the computer is shut down, it always says installing update do not turn off your computer
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Computer is working slow and wants to do windows updates all the time
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Windows 7 Update install time taking a very long time
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Windows wants to install 6 updates every time I log off or put the computer in sleep mode
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Problem In Configuring Windows Updates at the time of Startup
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Computer really slow after latest updates
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Windows hangs up in "configuring updates"
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Why can't windows 7 install updates?
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Every time computer is shut down, receive Installing updates, do not shut off....
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How long does it take for the Windows 7 Home Premium updates take?
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Windows 7 "Installing Update 2 of 2" for 12 hours now
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Updates causes endless reboots
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Updates stuck installing for over 24 hrs. Computer does not boot
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Cannot load Windows 7 after installing 2 critical updates
A proper solution to this problem would be to completely re-engineer and rewrite the servicing mechanism so it operates with the speed, reliability and pain-free operation of the XP servicing mechanism.
I don't see this situation improving in Windows 8 either. Good luck with your Windows tablet taking hours to install service packs and updates. Now, do iPads take that long to install updates?
Microsoft understated the real system requirements to keep a Windows 7/Vista system running. System requirements at install time may be 15 GB of free disk space but over time, this number increases to alarming levels as you install more service packs and
post SP-updates. You can find out the real size of the WinSxS folder using a tool like cttruesize (ctts.exe) (download it from
http://www.heise.de/software/download/cttruesize/50272 and run ctts -la -a -l C:\Windows to find the correct size minus the hard links which MS says causes Explorer to misreport the WinSxS
folder size but the fact remains that even with the correctly calculated size of WinSxS, the disk space requirements of Windows 7 to keep it updated are unacceptable, especially for people's SSDs which are running out of disk space!

Dataguard installation oracle 11gr2 on windows 2008 server

Hi,
I have oracle 11gr2 database on windows 2008 server. I have been given a primary and secondary server with the same setup.
Now i want to install dataguard. AFter installing i need to test it for disaster recovery.
Can anyone please suggest me a document for this? I searched in this forum but i couldnt get any.
Please help.

An obvious place to look at is our Online Documentation about Data Guard Installation:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e17022/toc.htm
See
3 Creating a Physical Standby Database
there.
There is not much special-Windows for Data Guard - of course you need to create Windows Services for both Databases etc. as described here:
http://www.oracle.com/pls/db112/portal.portal_db?selected=11&frame=#microsoft_windows_installation_guides
Kind regards
Uwe Hesse
http://uhesse.wordpress.com

MSI NF980-G65 AM3 NVIDIA nForce 980a - with Windows 2008 R2

Just bought this board along with:
AMD Phenom 6-core
16GB DDR3 PC1600 RAM
After not getting far I found these forums and upgraded the BIOS to 1.4
Now when trying to load Windows 2008 R2 I get right to where the GUI is going to start and i get a BSOD. The error is: STOP 0x0000001E and (4) more of 0x000000000000000
It says something about trying a different video adapter, i've tried the onboard and a PCI-E card - same result
Has anyone gotten W2K8 R2 to load with this MB?

Quote from: MrNeutron on 16-October-10, 04:15:46
Memory was already at 1066
MemTest86 version 4.00 - passed with no problems
What's 2T?
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What's 2T?
command rate, check it with cpu-z at memory page.
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MemTest86 version 4.00 - passed with no problems
for how long? Do test with Orthos for 12 hours, look here for details:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=103598.msg760534#msg760534
Also put XP/W7 OS to test, as it could be Windows server 2008 R2 issue..

Windows 2008 R2 DC Recovery Test BSOD on boot

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