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Does it boot though?<br />
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If so checked the Event logs to see if it gives you any clues or most warning/errors here.
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Does it boot though?

If so checked the Event logs to see if it gives you any clues or most warning/errors here.

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Well, the MSDN link explains the reason for the failure pretty well:<br />
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This is a Windows 2000 Executive character-mode STOP message. It indicates a hard disk device driver internal error.<br />
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I would consider this Q as answered, since it is hard to exchange a hard disk via EE...
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Well, the MSDN link explains the reason for the failure pretty well:

This is a Windows 2000 Executive character-mode STOP message. It indicates a hard disk device driver internal error.

I would consider this Q as answered, since it is hard to exchange a hard disk via EE...

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Thank you to jkr and others who offered suggestions. I ended re-installing the OS instead of trying to fix the problem. This was an acceptable way out since the disk did not have too much on it. Thanx all.
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Thank you to jkr and others who offered suggestions. I ended re-installing the OS instead of trying to fix the problem. This was an acceptable way out since the disk did not have too much on it. Thanx all.

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I get this error when I start Windows 2000 Server. Please help. Thank you.<br />
&quot;The application failed to initialize properly (0x0000042).&quot;
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I get this error when I start Windows 2000 Server. Please help. Thank you.
"The application failed to initialize properly (0x0000042)."

&quot;The application failed to initialize properly (0x0000042).&quot;

Windows 2000 is an operating system for use on both client and server computers. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the last version of Microsoft Windows to display the "Windows NT" designation. Four editions of Windows 2000 were released (Professional, Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter Server) that shared a core set of features, including many system utilities such as the Microsoft Management Console. All versions of the operating system support NTFS 3.0, Encrypting File System, as well as basic and dynamic disk storage. The Windows 2000 Server family includes support for Active Directory services, Distributed File System and fault-redundant storage volumes.

&quot;The application failed to initialize properly (0x0000042).&quot;

"The application failed to initialize properly (0x0000042)."