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By dganesh ·
I have a windows 2000 server as a domain controller with its ip address 192.9.200.1. pc name spkc,and domain name spkcserver.and I created a addtional domain controller for that spkcserver and its ip address was 192.9.200.10.
Due to some problem i formatted the domain controller pc and installed windows 2000 and now iam not able to convert this as domain controller,what to do and how to do pls help me

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by Jellimonsta In reply to domain controller

I would imagine that you did install the formatted system with Windows 2000 server and not Pro. You will need to make sure it is a member of the domain where your existing DC resides and then you can run 'dcpromo' and promote the formatted server to a DC.

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by CG IT In reply to domain controller

what does "formatted" mean? and what does "due to some problem" mean? What does not able to convert to a domain controller mean?

Like the first answer, if you had to reinstall W2K server on the second box, just join the that server to the domain as a member server and run dcpromo. If your trying to make a W2K machine into a W2K Server machine I think it should be self evident why you cant make the W2K box into a server.

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by jlbpotter In reply to domain controller

Was the DC that you formatted the 1st DC in your domain? If so you may need to seize the FSMO roles for your remaining DC. Use the following article and it will explain how to find these roles and give links to seizing them if necessary. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;234790. Please remove any spaces that are added.

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