Corrupted Windows Server 2016 Secondary Domain Controller Deletion

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Srialmaster

I am having issues deleting a DC that crashed and replacing it with a new one.

I have NATE-DC and NATE-DC2. NATE-DC2 crashed and I reimaged it in ESXI. There wasn't any backup available, so this is a new Server 2016 box.

When I go to delete the old NATE-DC2 from the NATE-DC's ADUC, I cannot delete it after going through the prompts to delete the DC that no longer exists. I get this error:

"Windows cannot delete object

LDAP://dc.domain.com/CN=old-dc,OU=Domain Controllers, DC=domain, DC=com because:

While accessing the hard disk, a disk operation failed even after retries."

Also, when I create the new DC, I cannot join it to the domain no matter the name used.

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