Dead Active Directory DC

[stash]

Hey all.

I have two DCs on my home lan. DC1 held all of the FSMO roles. I added DC2 2 weeks ago, and all was well. Today, I had a hard drive failure on DC1, and cannot get it to fully boot.

What is the process for rebuilding DC1? Is there someway to force the FSMO roles to DC2, then rebuild DC1? Rebuilding the box is not a problem (the data drives are fine), but I dont want to lose my AD info.

thanks

 

[stash]

NM...was able to seize the FSMO roles, format and reinstall the first DC.

 

[Saltin]

Make sure you still have a global catalog too.