Start virtualised domain controller in DSRM (Active Directory Restore Mode).

If you have a totally virtualised Active Directory infrastructure in Hyper-V, you can't boot the VM into Directory Services Restore Mode using F8. The keypress is not recognised.

To get around this, in a elevated command prompt, type:

bcdedit /set {globalsettings} advancedoptions true

Now when you reboot the DC, it will ask if you want to boot into restore mode, and you can restore A.D.

After rebooting, type the command:

bcdedit /set {globalsettings} advancedoptions false

and it will boot normally again.


Now you have to find the restore mode password....


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