Resolving “directory Services Cannot Start” Windows Problem

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Many a times there is problem starting domain controller in MS Windows 2003 or Windows 2000. As a result we come encounter blank screen after starting the domain controller. The reasons for this erratic behavior are generally damaged active directory database, NTFS file system permissions, or NTFS file system.
One is not able to start the domain controller due to such reasons and hence all the valuable data totally become inaccessible. But not to worry your data can be saved. So in order to get your data recovered, you need to perform effective software recovery. But before going for it just check if you have any valid backup available to restore data.
For instance your computer's screen might go blank and you encounter the following error message, when you start domain controller:
LSASS.EXE - System Error, security accounts manager initialization failed because of the following error: Directory Services 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.
Furthermore, the ...
... following events occur in the Application Event Log of Microsoft Windows:
Event ID: 700
Description: ‘NTDS (260) Online defragmentation is beginning a pass on database NTDS.DIT'.
Event ID: 701
Description: NTDS (268) Online defragmentation has completed a full pass on database ‘C:\WINNT\NTDS\ntds.dit'.
Event ID: 1168
Description: Error: 1032 (fffffbf8) has occurred. (internal ID 4042b). Please contact Microsoft product support services for assistance.
Event ID: 1103
Description: The windows directory services database could not be initialized and returned error 1032. Unrecoverable error, the directory can't continue.
Reasons behind this issue
Following situations lead to directory starting issue:
The NTFS permissions on root of hard drive are very restrictive.
The NTFS permissions on NTDS (NT Directory Service) folder are very restrictive.
Drive letter of hard drive volume, which contains Active Directory database, has modified.
The Ntds.dit (Active Directory Database) is damaged.
The NT Directory Service folder is compressed.
Resolution
Try out the following methods to resolve this issue:
Restore Directory Service using Directory Service Restore Mode option in BIOS.
Format your hard drive, reinstall operating system, and reconfigure the domain controller.
No doubt formatting can sort out this problem, but it also removes all the data from hard drive and then you need to perform software recovery to recover deleted data.
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