boot failure

[Bruce]

attempting to boot and get lsass.exe message file not
found. Regular login fails. Tried to get to F8 to
Active Directory Repair and get to command prompt as per
a knowledge base article but during this the server
continues to boot and doesn't give an opportunity for
command prompt. How can I force a command prompt to
appear? (This is my email server, so above email is not
currently available)

 

[Simon Geary]

If you boot from a Windows 2000 Server CD it will give you the opportunity
to launch the Recovery Console which is a limited command prompt that allows
you to do some basic troubleshooting.

 

[Simon Geary]

Forgot the link http://support.microsoft.com/?id=301645