This article also tells you how to use Ntdsutil or Esentutl to perform a lossy repair of the Active Directory database.
Removing and recreating the Active Directory database.Repairing the Active Directory database.Performing a semantic database analysis.Checking the integrity of the Active Directory database.
This article leads you through a series of steps that may help you diagnose the cause of the Directory Services cannot start system error. This article explains how to recover from a corrupted Active Directory database or from a similar problem that prevents your computer from starting in normal mode.Īpplies to: Windows Server 2003 Original KB number: 258062 Summary
