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you could use the recovery console to try and replace the corrupt file. Or Run a repair on your current installation.
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you could use the recovery console to try and replace the corrupt file. Or Run a repair on your current installation.

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renamed the update.sys and then copied from cd - rebooted. same issue.
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renamed the update.sys and then copied from cd - rebooted. same issue.

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Try turning off hyperthreading (especially if it's an HP box)<br />
Try 'Last Known Good'<br />
Microsoft gives free support with network down issues related to updates. <br />
Look at this:<br />
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;156669" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;156669</a>
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Try turning off hyperthreading (especially if it's an HP box)
Try 'Last Known Good'
Microsoft gives free support with network down issues related to updates.
Look at this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;156669 [http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;156669]

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Here's another thread on this:<br />
<a href="http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en/whssoftware/thread/d1623a58-b7b3-4bc5-9e5a-bf695fd0525b" rel="ugc nofollow">http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en/whssoftware/thread/d1623a58-b7b3-4bc5-9e5a-bf695fd0525b</a>
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Here's another thread on this:
http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en/whssoftware/thread/d1623a58-b7b3-4bc5-9e5a-bf695fd0525b [http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en/whssoftware/thread/d1623a58-b7b3-4bc5-9e5a-bf695fd0525b]

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after windows updates on a server 2003 box i get:<br />
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stop c0000221 unknown hard error <br />
/systemroot/system32/ntdll<wbr />.dll<br />
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safe mode it so far is stuck on acpitabl.dat<br />
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the array says functional.<br />
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help.<br />
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it cannot boot.<br />
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after windows updates on a server 2003 box i get:

stop c0000221 unknown hard error 
/systemroot/system32/ntdll.dll



safe mode it so far is stuck on acpitabl.dat

the array says functional.


help.

it cannot boot.



stop c0000221 unknown hard error - server 2003 urgent

The Microsoft Legacy Operating System topic includes legacy versions of Microsoft operating systems prior to Windows 2000: All versions of MS-DOS and other versions developed for specific manufacturers and Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions, and Windows Mobile.

Microsoft Legacy OS

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).