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- DOCUMENT:Q101096 04-MAR-1994 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Err Msg: STOP: C0000221 Unknown Hard Error
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
-
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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-
- The following STOP message appears when a critical system file or other
- file needed to load Windows NT is corrupted:
-
- STOP: C0000221 unknown hard error
- <path>\<file name>
-
- This error can appear in many different formats, ranging from a blue
- system error screen to a dialog box. The type of format depends on how
- much of the operating system was loaded when the corrupted file was
- detected.
-
- If you receive this error message, the file listed along with the
- error is corrupted. You need to either obtain a new copy of the file
- or reinstall Windows NT. If reinstallation fails to solve the problem,
- then a hardware or network problem may exist.
-
- The files that are checked for integrity as Windows NT starts are:
-
- - All drivers (except those loaded by the system loader to boot
- the system)
- - All dynamic link libraries (DLLs), including USER, GDI, SHELL,
- KERNEL, NTDLL, CRTDLL, etc.
- - All DLLs loaded into the address space of the Windows NT
- server (video drivers, printer drivers, etc.)
-
- This error message can be caused when you install an inappropriate driver
- for your hardware. For example, this error would appear if you installed a
- MIPS driver on an X86-based computer.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 checksum
- KBCategory:
- KBSubCategory: STPSCRN
-
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