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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;240363&Product=win2000" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;240363&Product=win2000</a><br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;240362&Product=win2000" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;240362&Product=win2000</a>
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these pages would help you:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;240363&Product=win2000 [http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;240363&Product=win2000]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;240362&Product=win2000 [http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;240362&Product=win2000]

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We had a drive die. &nbsp; it had the NTDS log on it, &nbsp;all the other NTDS info is on the C: drive. &nbsp; Our backup system will not reconize the dead machine so it won't let us recover from the tape. &nbsp; we have installed a new drive and are trying to get the active directory running again. &nbsp; does anyone know of a method to do so without a backup of the log files and without having to dcpromo and repromot the system. &nbsp; MORE info. &nbsp; also this is not the only domain controller in the domain. &nbsp; Can you take a copy of the NDTS subdirectory. &nbsp;from a one of the other domain controllers and use them on the new dirve to make this work. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
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We had a drive die.   it had the NTDS log on it,  all the other NTDS info is on the C: drive.   Our backup system will not reconize the dead machine so it won't let us recover from the tape.   we have installed a new drive and are trying to get the active directory running again.   does anyone know of a method to do so without a backup of the log files and without having to dcpromo and repromot the system.   MORE info.   also this is not the only domain controller in the domain.   Can you take a copy of the NDTS subdirectory.  from a one of the other domain controllers and use them on the new dirve to make this work.      

we need to recover from a dead drive and this artical is help  Q258062     Directory Services cannot start

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.