lsass.exe - object cannot be found

[Ghilt]

All of a sudden, my laptop, configured with Windows XP,
decided it did not want to boot anymore. While booting, a
window pops up saying "lsass.exe error - object cannot be
found", and it does not want to go any further. I tried
to boot with the option "boot with your previous settings
that worked", but same thing, this error message appears
on the screen again, and no further booting. Same thing
again if I try to boot in safe mode.

So, what happened???? Everything was working properly
before...
What can be done to boot again, or at least to retrieve
my data????????????????

Thanks
Ghilt

 

[Kelli Zielinski [MSFT]]

Hi Ghilt-

I think your best bet would be to use the Microsoft Recovery Console.

There is some information at
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...efault.aspx?scid=kb;en-gb;307654&ln=en-gb,
but I'm also going to put all the steps you'll need to do here.

To run the Recovery Console from the Windows XP startup disks or the Windows
XP CD-ROM, use the following steps:
1.. Insert the Windows XP startup disk into the floppy disk drive, or
insert the Windows XP CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, and then restart the
computer.
2.. Boot to CD rom; the Windows Setup screen will appear, and it will do a
number of actions. Don't worry about this, just let it do it's thing.
3.. When the "Welcome to Setup" screen appears, press R to start the
Recovery Console.
4.. If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot computer, choose the
installation that you need to access from the Recovery Console.
5.. When you are prompted to do so, type the Administrator password. If
the administrator password is blank, just press ENTER.
6.. At the command prompt, type the appropriate commands to diagnose and
repair your Windows XP installation.
For you, this is what you should do: Type "expand f:\i386\lsass.ex_
c:\windows\system32" - this is assuming your CD-ROM is f:, and that your
Windows directory is c:\windows. If this is not the case, change
accordingly. Press ENTER.
7.. To exit the Recovery Console and restart the computer, type exit at
the command prompt, and then press ENTER.
I tried deleting my lsass.exe and restoring it this way, and it worked
fine - give it a go! Hope it helps! Please reply to the newsgroup with any
questions.