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Jan 10, 2018
Ntds.dit corrupted
Hi,
I have a domain with multiple DCs, the primary DC hosting all the FSMO rolls, has crashed after a power failure. I receive a BSOD with the following error:
“STOP: c00002e2 Directory Services ...
Dave Patrick
Jan 10, 2018MVP
I'd probably just power it off and seize roles on another functional DC
then do cleanup.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc816907(v=ws.10).aspx
then build a new one.
If you have multiple DCs I'd use dcdiag / repadmin tools to verify health before starting. Then I'd stand up the new one, patch it fully, license it, join existing domain, add active directory domain services, promote it also making it a GC (recommended), transfer FSMO roles over (optional), transfer pdc emulator role (optional), use dcdiag / repadmin tools to verify health, when all is good you can decommission / demote old one.