What operating system do you have installed on your server? I'm assuming this is a Windows version. What troubleshooting steps have been taken up to this point? Were there any configuration changes or power events immediately prior to this behavior?
So it is running MS Server 2008. Steps taken turned off and back on, Boot Loop began.
Attempted typial start-up several times. Gets to the MS Start ribbon for a about 1-2mins screen goes Black and restarts the initial server start up - Dell splash, Bios ck, HD ck and then to the Windows ribbon.
Unfortunately, I don't believe so. It's been a while since I've worked with Server 2008, but I don't recall if it had it's own startup repair feature. You might see if it does, but other than that I think you may have exhausted the software troubleshooting tools. For sak of thoroughness, I would go ahead and shut the server off, disconnect it from power, and hold the power button down for ~10 seconds. You can then reconnect it to power and bring it online as normal. I've seen this sort of cold start help in the past, but based on the info you provided before, it may be a bit more of a long shot.
You'd want to get whatever matches your processor, but I believe it should be the 64-bit version. You should be able to confirm it by checking the processor. If you want to share the model, I can check.
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Also, there were no configuration changes.