mquinn0908
Technical User
We had a server that completely quit on us and we want to reinstall it. The problem is in the domain and trusts. The pc that died is in its own domain and is trusted by the other. On the server that is still up the domain of the dead server still shows up and it won't let me delete it. When I try to set up the new server and put it in a domain (which is the same as the original) it says that this domain already exists. When I go into AD on the server that is running and try to go to the properties of the old domain it gives me the active directory object could not be displayed and a referral was returned from the server. When I go to the properties of the running server in AD domains and trusts and highlight the domain of the dead server it won't let me remove it. How can I get the domain deleted so I can re-add it to the new server? I have tried the ntdsutil utility and after it ran I got a message saying that session disconnected successfully. The only thing I haven't done is reboot the server after running the utility. If I do this will the domain then be gone from AD?