server 2008 R2 server service is off and won't start. event id 7023 qualifier 49152 the server service terminated with the following error: the device is not ready.

Hi, Please refer to this article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc756318(WS.10).aspx Tim Quan

Possibly; Recovery process of a DFS Namespace in Windows 2003 and 2008 Server http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969382 Regards, Dave Patrick .... Microsoft Certified Professional -Microsoft MVP [Windows]

The problem is not that the service won't stop, it is that it won't start. I ran the sc query and get "[SC] EnumQueryServicesStatus:OpenService FAILED 1060: The specified service does not exist as an installed service." Thanks, Joe

This article may help. How to reset Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357 Regards, Dave Patrick .... Microsoft Certified Professional -Microsoft MVP [Windows]