Continuous Reboot after SP 4 install

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Charlie Harris

I have a DC that I installed SP4 on, and now reboots
continuously. After several tries, I did a repair. Now it
boots, but gets the LSASS.exe System Error for the SAM
because Directory Services cannot start.

My problem is that the normal solution to this is to start
up in Directory Services restore mode, but when I do this
I get the same error as above and cannot get into the
system. I have tried all the normal safemode and repair
options, and at this point I am looking at a complete
rebuild.

Any suggestions??
 
Hello Charlie,

If you can't boot into any type of safe mode and a repair has done no good,
you can try an in-place upgrade as a last ditch effort.

292175 How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=292175

There are issues with this process on domain controllers that can cause you
to loose your active directory data. Once this is complete you will need to
re-apply the latest SP and post SP hotfixes.

There is also a chance that the system could be unstable even if you
complete this process successfully. So it may be a good idea to go to back
up if one is available.

Hope this helps,

--

Ryan Anderson MCSE
Directory Services
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Yes, this is what I tried before. Twice actually and I
still get that same LSASS error whenever I boot. Is that
pretty much it then?
 
Yes Steve, its the 0xc00002e1 one. I have seen this
referenced several places. It seems to me as though my
NTDS folder is corrupted. The machine just won't go into
Windows at all.
 
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