Windows Server 2008 R2 stuck in recovery mode after power failure

If you cannot boot into Safe Mode either, I suggest restarting the computer, keeping pressing F8 and choosing the Last Known Good feature.

If the issue persists, please try methods below:

Method 1:

Put the Windows Server 2008 R2 installation disc into the disc drive, and then start the computer.
Press a key when the message indicating “Press any key to boot from CD or DVD …”. appears.
Select a language, a time, a currency, and a keyboard or another input method, and then click Next.
Click Repair your computer.
Click the operating system that you want to repair, and then click Next.
In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click Command Prompt.
Type sfc /scannow, and then press ENTER.

Method 2:

Put the Windows Server 2008 R2 installation disc in the disc drive, and then start the computer.
Press any key when the message indicating “Press any key to boot from CD or DVD …”. appears.
Select a language, time, currency, and a keyboard or another input method. Then click Next.
Click Repair your computer.
Click the operating system that you want to repair, and then click Next.
In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click Command Prompt.
Type Bootrec /RebuildBcd, and then press ENTER.

Method 3:

Put the Windows Server 2008 R2 installation disc into the disc drive, and then start the computer.
Press a key when the message indicating “Press any key to boot from CD or DVD …”. appears.
Select a language, a time, a currency, and a keyboard or another input method, and then click Next.
Click Repair your computer.
Click the operating system that you want to repair, and then click Next.
In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click Command Prompt.
Type BOOTREC /FIXMBR, and then press ENTER.
Type BOOTREC /FIXBOOT, and then press ENTER.
Type Drive:\boot\Bootsect.exe /NT60 All, and then press ENTER.

Note: In this command, Drive is the drive where the Windows Server 2008 R2 installation media is located.

5 thoughts on “Windows Server 2008 R2 stuck in recovery mode after power failure”

asil said:
November 9, 2015 at 4:32 pm

i have inserted the disc but it does not give me any option for booting from the disc rather directlty again starts on recovery mode. please help

Ashish Kumar Singh responded:
November 10, 2015 at 7:20 am

Hi Asil,

Please go to the BIOS and set the Boot from CD/DVD as the 1st boot option.

Asil said:
November 10, 2015 at 8:46 am

I have already done in the bios and all de 3 above steps and restarted several times and it gives me the same window of recovery mode and options

Ashish Kumar Singh responded:
November 10, 2015 at 3:51 pm

Then I advice you to try with a different DVD or different ISO image, looks like the media is not a bootable one.

asil said:
November 11, 2015 at 10:13 pm

I have tried all the 3 methods and still I get the same recovery mode