Category: BCDEdit

• Deploying Windows Server 2012 R2 in Dual-Boot Configuration using Windows 8.1 Native Boot-to-VHD capability

  In this post, I’ll be sharing my experience deploying Windows Server 2012 R2 in a dual-boot configuration leveraging Windows 8.1 Enterprise native boot-to-vhd feature. This enabled me setup a sort of Lab-to-go for WS2012 R2 Active Directory research on a laptop. The steps are as follows: Create a WS 2012 Server VM. I already have…

  jbernec

  December 14, 2013

  BCDEdit, PowerShell, PowerShell 3.0, VHDX, Virtual Machines, WIndows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2

  BCDBoot, boot-to-vhd, vhdx, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2

• How to Restore an Active Directory Object from Backup.

  In this post, I am going to talk about my experience doing an Authoritative Restore of a deleted Active Directory user object. The steps were completed by restoring from a previous System State backup and using the ntds utility. I started by deleting a test AD user: Ryan Smith from the Accounting_OU Organizational Unit in…

  jbernec

  September 17, 2013

  Active Directory, BCDEdit, DSRM, NTDSUtil, PowerShell, PowerShell 3.0, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Backup

  Active Directory, ntdsutil, Restore, wbadmin, Windows Server 2008 R2