Win2k Error from leftfield, Need help ASAP

[HJB417]

was formatting a floppy disk using a program that creates win98 floppy disks, It was finishing up and then my computer locked up. I rebooted and I got this error:



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LSASS.EXE - SYSTEM ERROR
Secuirty accounts manager initialization failed because of the following error:
The security ID structure is ivalid.
Error Status: 0xc0000078. Please Click OK to shutdown this system and reboot into SafeMode
Check the event log for more detailwd information.
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I don't know how to fix it, I go to safe mode and get the same error. I click on OK and it reboots the system. It does this as soon as it boots up (where it loads security policy, network settings, etc). If I don't click on it, it never goes past loading the network settings. Is reinstalling win2k my only option? &quot;something I DON'T wanna do&quot;. =(

 

[donnie4564]

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/support/search/default.asp

You can try pressing F8 at the windows startup, choosing last known good configuration.

If that doesn’t work you will need to restore the registry.

If you can't restore the registry then a fresh install is your only option.