can't boot windows 2000, stop error 0x0000006B

[Guest carringtonsm@gmail.com]

Hello--

I have never had any real problems with my windows 2000 machine (I

actually prefer it to my work machine, which runs XP), until I tried

to burn a video CD with Nero the other day. The machine completely

locked up, was totally unresponsive to CTRL ALT DEL, and it wouldn't

even respond to the power button. I disconnected the power supply,

and now when I try to reboot it gets a few seconds into the Windows

2000 Professional screen, then it flips to a blue screen with the

following:

 

*** STOP: 0x0000006B (0xC0000033,0x00000002,0x00000000,0x00000000)

PROCESS1_INITIALIZATION_FAILED

 

....followed by instructions to reboot the machine in Safe Mode, but it

can't even do that. I have not installed any new hardware in months

and months (the last hardware installed was a CD burner that has

burned hundreds of audio CDs--with the same Nero software that I used

to burn a video CD when the machine locked up--over the past 2 years

or so since I installed it; I did install a KVM switch to go between

this win2000 machine and my work machine, but that has been in regular

constant use for 6-8 months with no problems), but this error seems to

have been related to the video CD creation function in the Nero

program.

 

Any ideas how I can at least salvage the data on that machine? I do

have a back-up, but it is a little old, and there's some data on the

machine that has since been added that I would really like to

retrieve...any help would be greatly appreciated!!

 

--Stephen

[Guest philo]

Re: can't boot windows 2000, stop error 0x0000006B

 

 

<carringtonsm@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:58447f66-1e21-4356-88c2-40bcb1d725b8@p25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

> Hello--

> I have never had any real problems with my windows 2000 machine (I

> actually prefer it to my work machine, which runs XP), until I tried

> to burn a video CD with Nero the other day. The machine completely

> locked up, was totally unresponsive to CTRL ALT DEL, and it wouldn't

> even respond to the power button. I disconnected the power supply,

> and now when I try to reboot it gets a few seconds into the Windows

> 2000 Professional screen, then it flips to a blue screen with the

> following:

>

> *** STOP: 0x0000006B (0xC0000033,0x00000002,0x00000000,0x00000000)

> PROCESS1_INITIALIZATION_FAILED

>

> ...followed by instructions to reboot the machine in Safe Mode, but it

> can't even do that. I have not installed any new hardware in months

> and months (the last hardware installed was a CD burner that has

> burned hundreds of audio CDs--with the same Nero software that I used

> to burn a video CD when the machine locked up--over the past 2 years

> or so since I installed it; I did install a KVM switch to go between

> this win2000 machine and my work machine, but that has been in regular

> constant use for 6-8 months with no problems), but this error seems to

> have been related to the video CD creation function in the Nero

> program.

>

> Any ideas how I can at least salvage the data on that machine? I do

> have a back-up, but it is a little old, and there's some data on the

> machine that has since been added that I would really like to

> retrieve...any help would be greatly appreciated!!

>

> --Stephen

 

 

To retrieve your data...I'd slave the drive to another machine...

that would probably be the safest thing.

 

Before any attempt is made to repair the OS

 

I'd first run a RAM test

and also the HD mfg's diagnostic

 

If the H/W checks OK...from the recovery console you can try chkdsk /r

 

if that does not help...then try a repair install