Whilst re-installing Exchange 2007 today on a server that had been rebuilt following a hardware failure, I had this error pop up:

“The Exchange Server is in an inconsistent state. Only disaster recovery mode is available”

Solution found here:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1186078&SiteID=17

adsiedit.msc is included in the Windows Server 2003 Support Tools

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