Active Directory Service Error

[Sandeep]

hi,

Few days back i upgraded my system to Microsoft Windows
Updated. The next day i started my system it gave an error
stating click OK to restart in Active Directory Restore
Mode. The Event Log had the following error;

Event ID: 26
lsass.exe - System Error : Security Accounts Manager
initialization failed because of the following error:
Directory Service cannot start. Error Status: 0xc00002e1.
Please click OK to shutdown this system and reboot into
Directory Services Restore Mode, check the event log for
more detailed information

Tried to Resolve the problem with the following details;

Started your computer in Directory Services Repair mode.

At a command prompt, type the following lines, pressing
ENTER after each:

ntdsutil
files
info

Drive Information:

C:\ NTFS (Fixed Drive ) free(1.5 Gb) total(6.8 Gb)
E:\ NTFS (Fixed Drive ) free(8.6 Gb) total(9.7 Gb)
F:\ NTFS (Fixed Drive ) free(686.7 Mb) total(2.9
Gb)
G:\ NTFS (Fixed Drive ) free(329.6 Mb) total
(999.9 Mb)
H:\ NTFS (Fixed Drive ) free(659.3 Mb) total(2.9
Gb)
I:\ NTFS (Fixed Drive ) free(392.0 Kb) total(4.8
Gb)
J:\ NTFS (Fixed Drive ) free(1.3 Gb) total(2.9 Gb)

DS Path Information:

Database : C:\WINNT\NTDS\ntds.dit - 14.1 Mb
Backup dir : C:\WINNT\NTDS\dsadata.bak
Working dir: C:\WINNT\NTDS
Log dir : C:\WINNT\NTDS - 40.0 Mb total
res2.log - 10.0 Mb
res1.log - 10.0 Mb
edb00004.log - 10.0 Mb
edb.log - 10.0 Mb
file maintenance:

Verified the above data with the article Q295932 at
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q2
95/9/32.asp&NoWebContent=1

Also the DNS settings are not disturbed.

EVERYTHING seems tobe fine, then why i am not able to
logon as an Administrator to the Domain...

I dont wont to reintall anything now...Restore Mode is
working fine...

But need ideas to solve the problem.

Thanks in advance,
SanShiv

 

[Diana Smith [MSFT]]

Hello Sandeep,

Take a look at the article below:
258062 "Directory Services Cannot Start" Error Message When You Start
Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=258062

IF that does not fix it, try the following:

1. The NTDSUTIL tool needs to be run to check the Integrity of the database
and to perform a Semantic Database analysis.

To check the integrity, at the command prompt type:

NTDSUTIL <enter>
Files <enter>
Integrity <enter>

The output should tell you that the integrity check completed successfully
and prompt that you should perform a Semantic Database Analysis. Type
quit.

To perform the Semantic Database Analysis type the following at the
NTDSUTIL Prompt type:

Semantic Database Analysis <enter>
Go <enter>

The output will tell you that the Analysis completed successfully. Type
quit and close the command prompt.

NOTE: If you get errors running the Analysis then type the following at the
semantic checker prompt:

semantic checker: go fix <enter>

This puts the checker in Fixup mode, which should fix whatever errors there
were.

2. Reboot the server to Normal Mode.

If any of these steps fail to recover the database the only alternative is
to perform an Authoritative System State restore from backup in Directory
Services
Restore mode.
241594 HOW TO: Perform an Authoritative Restore to a Domain Controller in
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=241594

Thank You.

Diana.

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