DHCP service not starting

Basically, the DHCP service service would not start after they experienced a power outage.  After a quick investigation I quickly discovered the DHCP database was corrupted.  I found this out via the Event Logs > System.

The DHCP database is located here:

C:\WINDOWS\System32\dhcp\dhcp.mdb

I just went in (after making sure all client computers were off) deleted the database; restarted the service and re-built the IP allocation tables... Fixed.

Note: Make sure that if you enabled another DHCP server in the meantime, to disable it or this Window DHCP server will not start due to "seeing" another DHCP server running.

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