1) Delete the VM from the Azure Portal choosing to keep all attached disks
2) Create a new recovery VM in the Azure Portal. This VM will need to be in the same Region and Resource Group (Cloud Service) as the broken machine
3) Once the recovery machine is created select it
4) Select Disks -> Attach Existing
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