WinRE in Windows Server 2008 R2

Enter Windows Recovery Environment from Installation Media

1. Start the system to the installation media for the installed version of Windows, select Next.

   

2. On the Install Windows screen, select Repair your computer.

   

   You can press Shift F10 to open command prompt window here and skip step 3-4.

3. On the System Recovery Options screen, select Next.

   

4. On the Recovery Tools, select Command Prompt.

   

5. Run the bcdedit command, in the Windows Boot Loader section, the drive letter of the system volume is displayed next to osdevice. (For example, D:)

   

   Or, use the diskpart - list volume to obtain the system drive letter.

CHKDSK

At the command prompt, run the following command to complete a check disk for the system volume that's identified in previous step:

CHKDSK /f D:

SFC

At the command prompt, run the following command to complete a System File Check (SFC) for the system volume that's identified in previous step:

sfc /scannow /offbootdir=D:\ /offwindir=D:\Windows