Article ID: 259883
Article Last Modified on 2/27/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
This article was previously published under Q259883
SYMPTOMS
When you upgrade a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0-based primary domain controller (PDC) or backup domain controller (BDC) that uses the FAT file system to Windows 2000 Server or Advanced Server, you receive the following error message after the computer reboots if you do not convert the file system to NTFS during the Setup process:
If the computer is the only domain controller in the domain, the following message is logged in the System log:
No domain accounts will be visible on the server.
CAUSE
Installing Active Directory requires an NTFS volume because of the replication of the Sysvol share among Windows 2000-based domain controllers.
If you choose not to convert to NTFS during installation, the Windows NT 4.0-based domain controller is upgraded to Windows 2000, but it is not a domain controller until you convert the drive to NTFS.
RESOLUTION
After you convert the drive to NTFS and reboot the computer, the Active Directory Installation Wizard runs automatically. The domain accounts appear after Active Directory has been installed.
For additional information about converting from FAT to NTFS, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
214579 How to Use Convert.exe to Convert a Partition to NTFS
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