How to Fix Bug Check 0x6B: PROCESS1_INITIALIZATION_FAILED

The PROCESS1_INITIALIZATION_FAILED bug check has a value of 0x0000006B.

This bug check indicates that the initialization of the Microsoft Windows operating system failed.



The ntdll.dll file is a library created by Microsoft that basic contains NT kernel functions. It is required by the system to load properly, and it must be located in the /Windows/System32 folder. If it is missing or corrupt, then the 0x0000006b error screen appears.

If ntdll.dll is in fact missing or corrupt, you can restore the original ntdll.dll file back from your Windows XP installation disc.

1. Boot your computer with Windows XP CD.

2. Press R to start Recovery Console when the Options screen appears.

3. Type in your Administrator password followed by the Enter key to submit it.

4. You’ll reach the Command Prompt now, type the following command, where D:\ is your CD’s drive letter and C:\ is the letter of the drive you installed Windows to:



5. Press Y when you are asked if you want to overwrite this file and then hit Enter key to submit the command.

6. Type Exit to restart your computer.



On Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10, Startup Repair tool can be used to scan the system for damaged or missing system files to replace the ntdll.dll file if it is corrupt or missing.





Repair Windows Corrupted System Files

On Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 it is possible to use the built-in Windows system file checker (SFC.exe) command-line tool to automatically scan a Windows system files and repair them if necessary.

Boot your computer with Windows Setup Media and from Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) start the Command Prompt.

Type below command into Command Prompt and press Enter key.

The following command scans integrity of all protected Windows system files and repairs files with problems when possible.





Replace drive letter D: with Windows installed partition drive letter.  When computer boots into Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) environment the drive letter assign to Windows partition may not be C: drive letter because Windows 7, 8 , 8.1 and 10 creates a separate system partition when it's installed from scratch. The system partition contains boot files WinRE assigns the system partition the C: drive letter and the Windows installed partition will be assign any other drive letter usually D: drive letter is assign to Windows installed partition. The Bcdedit /enum | find "osdevice" command can be use to find out the drive letter of the Windows installed partition the output of the Bcdedit command is similar to this osdevice partition=D:. The drive letter after partition= is the drive letter of the Windows partition.



Delete Bootcat.cache File

If the error is caused by a corrupt Bootcat.cache file, it is possible to delete it manually and install the Service Pack to fix this error once the system loads successfully.

1. Boot your computer with Windows Installation DVD and from Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) start the Command Prompt.

2. Type following command and press Enter key:



Replace drive letter C: with the drive letter of where Windows is installed, if C: is not your default installation partition.



Check the Hard Drive For Surface Errors

Please boot your computer with Windows Setup Media and from Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) start the Command Prompt.

Type below command into Command Prompt and press Enter key.

Following command will  fixes errors on the disk and locates bad sectors and recovers readable information.





Replace drive letter D: with Windows installed partition drive letter.


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