Re: BSOD
- From: "DanaK" <DanaK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 06:22:03 -0700
> I really don't like the sounds of this.
Nor I, my friend. I was truly shocked. I've had tape drives do this to me
but this is a first for a floppy drive, especially on a Dell. At least with
the tape drive so many years ago on NT 4 everything came back up after I
disconnected the drive. This must have happened just at the right time to
really do some damage.
I tried logging on to the Administrator profile but the same thing happened
there, too. I can't access Winnt or Program Files in that profile. Nor can
I fully access the Recycle Bin. The window comes up but the window contents
will not. All I get on any of these is the hourglass with the cursor. When
I close them the notice that the program is not responding pops up and I can
have the choice of ending the task now or waiting. I end the program the
screen goes completely blank and then the desktop icons pop back up after a
second or so. I think I have a wounded box for sure.
Thanks for pointing out the fact about the service packs. I thought I'd
probably have to re-apply it. It's been years since I've had a blue screen
incident on a server so these things don't always stick in your head.
If I perform the repair/reinstall will I also need to recreate my DNS, DHCP
and other services on this server? This server runs it all.
What's even worse is the fact another DC at another campus I manage died
yesterday, too. I was making an ERD on this server here at my office for
that one when it blue screened. The other server will definitely require a
re-install as all I can get on it is the banner screen and then the BSOD with
the error notice "Inaccessible boot device" - even in Safe Mode with Command
Prompt.
Is there any way that recent W2K Server updates could provide a background
for this? The other server gets its updates automatically but I don't let it
load them and restart until I get there. Generally it's just idling as no
one is on campus during the summer. The principal wanted me to keep it
running even though I tried several times to get permission to shut it down.
He and a few others wanted the Internet once or twice over the summer. I ran
a full scandisk
I'll let you know how it comes out. I won't get to my server here until
tonight as it's still limping along and the other is flat on its back.
Thanks,
Dana
"Steve Duff [MVP]" wrote:
> I really don't like the sounds of this.
>
> \Winnt and \Program files both have desktop.ini files, so it is
> indeed possible that these are corrupt, or that explorer isn't able
> to interpret them correctly.
>
> I think you should first try an in-place upgrade reinstall of Windows
> Server from the CD. This will correct any missing registry entries
> or corrupt/missing core Windows files. (It will also take you back
> to the update level of the service pack that is on your installation CD,
> so you'll need to re-update after you do this.)
>
> But before you do the reinstall, you should boot to the recovery
> console and run a chkdsk /p on the C: partition to force a disk
> check.
>
> If the reinstall doesn't do it, you could have a corrupt user profile or
> corrupt entries in the machine registry. A system state restore
> from a pre-crash backup from DS restore mode should take care
> of that. This would be authoritative or non-authoritative depending
> on whether you have other DCs.
>
> This kind of failure makes me think there is likely a hardware
> issue with your server. You may want to run diagnostics and
> replace the floppy drive and cable proactively if you really
> believe that was the source of the initial crash.
>
> Steve Duff, MCSE, MVP
> Ergodic Systems, Inc.
>
> "DanaK" <DanaK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:0B7B16CB-908B-4D8D-816B-EB4E0C104DDE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Today I was trying to format a floppy disk on my Domain Controller, service
> > pack 4, and the format worked the first time. I tried to reformat the disk
> > again and this time the system blue screened on me and performed a memory
> > dump. I wish I could remember what it said exactly but it had something to
> > do with the FAT system on the floppy. After restarting the server I had to
> > wait quite a while for the OS to get itself back together. When the drive
> > activity indicator light settled down I restarted the system one more time
> > and things pretty much went back to normal with some exceptions.
> >
> > When I try to view files in Windows Explorer I can view all folder contents
> > except for Program Files and Winnt. When I try to bring them up the program
> > freezes and I have to use Task Manager to close Windows Explorer. Also
> > double clicking on Network Places will not display the usual contents, my
> > network connection indicator in the system tray has disappeared also.
> >
> > Does this sound like a corrupted explorer.exe file among others?
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions out there.
>
>
>
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