Could Not Initialize The Jet Engine Jet Error 501
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detrimental, but it's actually easy to fix this blue screen. *** This is the Active Directory Database we're talking about here, so make sure you have a failed to open dit for ad ds/lds instance ntds. error -2147418113 good backup of the server, in case this doesn't work*** This Stop code
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is only seen on a system with Active Directory on it. You notice it when the server is booting. You'll operation not allowed because ad ds/lds files are in the restored state get a blue screen and an error code, like the following: STOP: c00002e2 Directory Services could not start because of the following error: A device attached to the system is not functioning. Error stop c00002e2 directory services a device attached to the system is not functioning Status: 0xc0000001. Please shutdown this system and reboot into Directory Services Restore Mode, check the event log for more detailed information. To begin, do as the message says, and boot into Directory Services Restore Mode. When the server powers on, press F8 before the OS begins to load. You should see a selection screen like this. Choose Directory Services Restore Mode: Once in Directory Services Restore
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Mode, you can check if there is a problem with the database by running the following commands: ntdsutil.exe activate instance ntds files If there is a problem with it, you'll see something like this returned: Could not initialize the Jet engine: Jet Error -501. Failed to open DIT for AD DS/LDS instance NTDS. Error -2147418113 To fix, just rename all of the .log files located in C:\windows\ntds to .log.old, or anything else, so they can be recreated. Now reboot the server. For most people, this fixed the database, and the server booted up. For others, it still blue screened after this. If you continue to get a blue screen, run the following command in Directory Services Restore Mode, and then reboot: esentutl /p "c:\windows\ntds\ntds.dit" --- Same instruction above in details -- STOP: c00002e2 Directory Services could not start because of the following error: A device attached to the system is not functioning. Error Status: 0xc0000001. Please shutdown this system and reboot into Directory Services Restore Mode, check the event log for more detailed information. Restart the server and press F8 key, select Directory Services restore mode. Log in with the local administrator username and password T
lab environment my Windows 2008 R2 Domain Controller VM did not start. When booting the VM I got a restart the directory instance to finalize BSOD with a STOP error: STOP: c00002e2 Directory Services could jet error 1018 active directory not start because of the following error: a device attached to the system is not functioning.
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Error status: 0xc0000001. Please shutdown this system and reboot into Directory Services Restore Mode, check the event log for more detailed information. This was my only http://blog.shiraj.com/2014/10/how-to-fix-c00002e2-directory-services-could-not-start-blue-screen/ Domain Controller and no backup so I had to solve this problem. Troubleshooting steps: 1. Boot into Directory Services Restore Mode (F8) 2. NTDSUTIL: activate instance NTDS files Error: Could not initialize the Jet engine: Jet Error -501. Failed to open DIT for AD DS/LDS instance NTDS. Error -2147418113 http://martijnwestera.blogspot.com/2013/01/stop-c00002e2-directory-services-could.html quit 3. ESENTUTL /g C:\Windows\NTDS\ntds.dit ESENTUTL result: successful (no DB corruption) 4. ESENTUTL /p C:\Windows\NTDS\ntds.dit ESENTUTL result: successful (no DB corruption) 5. Event log: Error 1003: Active Directory Domain Services could not be initialized. The directory service cannot recover from this error. Restore the local directory service from backup media. Error value: -501 JET_errLogFileCorrupt, Log file is corrupt Error 465: NTDS (2156) Corruption was detected during soft recovery in logfile C:\Windows\NTDS\edb.log. The failing checksum record is located at position END. Data not matching the log-file fill pattern first appeared in sector 6697 (0x00001A29). This logfile has been damaged and is unusable. Error 454: NTDS (2256) Database recovery/restore failed with unexpected error -501. 6. Rename edb.log to edb.log.old and restart system Result: same STOP error Solution to this problem: rename all *.log files in C:\Windows\NTDS folder and restart system. Posted by Martijn Westera at 2:41 AM Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Faceboo
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attached to the system is not functioning. Applies to: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 with Exchange 2007 installed on single node. You might face this issue while you are running your daily work, first you will panic and think that there is a huge problem and your domain controller is failing, not to mention the heat you will face if that domain controller machine is hosting your exchange 2007 too, which is typically the scenario I have seen in small business environment. Cause: This problem occurs because one or more of the following conditions are true: - The NTFS file system permissions on the root of the drive are too restrictive. - The NTFS file system permissions on the NTDS folder are too restrictive. - The drive letter of the volume that contains the Active Directory database has changed. - The Active Directory database (Ntds.dit) is corrupted. - The NTDS folder is compressed. Troubleshooting steps: 1. Boot into Directory Services Restore Mode (F8). You might need to do it twice if you have an error on your HDD. 2. Run CHKDSK in read only mode to verify that there are no errors on your hard drive. If the system prompts you that there was an error on the hard disk, then feel safe to run /R command CHKDSK /R will not ruin your hard disk data, so don't believe all the myths said. 3. Boot again into Directory Services Restore Mode (F8). 4. Go to command prompt (administrative privileges) and run the following command: a. NTDSUTIL b. activate instance NTDS c. files info You will see an error similar to the following: "Error: Could not initialize the Jet engine: Jet Error -501. Failed to open DIT for AD DS/LDS instance NTDS. Error -2147418113" Event log: - Error 1003: Active Directory Domain Services could not be initialized. The directory service cannot recover fro