can't boot windows 2000, stop error 0x0000006B

[carringtonsm]

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

 

[philo]

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