Who killed Ayende's computer: The plot thickens
Well, I managed to get some progress and definately confirmed that this is a HD error. I used PE Builder to run a thorough chkdsk on my HD, and it definately found some errors.
Right now I'm in a state where the computer boots and throws the following message:
lsass.exe - System Error <br> 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 shutdown this system and reboot into Safe Mode, check the event log for more detailed information
This page seems to contain some information about it, and it appears that my SAM file was deleted and I will need to re-create it. Yuck! I'm planning of getting a new HD (big one, and fast :-)) as soon as the stores open. Then I'll have to deal with copying everything from one HD to another, another yuck.
Maybe I can cheat? I'll post more soon.
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