Security Accounts Manager Initialization failed
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From: Kanga 85 on 13 Apr 2010 06:09 When I turn on my computer (XP, SP3) I cannot boot but get the following error: 'Security Accounts Manager Initialization failed because of the following error: A device attached to the system is not functioning. Error Status 0xc0000001. Please click OK to shut down the computer and reboot into Safe Mode, check event log for more detailed information.' When I boot into Safe Mode I cannot get passed the same error message. When I try to boot into Last Good the same thing happens. It appears that my SAM is corrupted in some way, but I cannot get the computer to boot to explore this. What do I do now? Thanks
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 13 Apr 2010 13:32
What "device [is] attached to the system?" Kanga 85 wrote: > When I turn on my computer (XP, SP3) I cannot boot but get the following > error: 'Security Accounts Manager Initialization failed because of the > following error: A device attached to the system is not functioning. > Error Status 0xc0000001. > Please click OK to shut down the computer and reboot into Safe Mode, check > event log for more detailed information.' > > When I boot into Safe Mode I cannot get passed the same error message. > When I try to boot into Last Good the same thing happens. It appears > that > my SAM is corrupted in some way, but I cannot get the computer to boot to > explore this. What do I do now? > Thanks |