MS SQL server cannot start

I have MS SQL 2000. I wanted to install SP3a and
encountered the following error :
FRunCM : Process <> generated Fatal exception c0000005.
Exception Access Violation - SQL Server is terminating
this process.
This happens during the running of the script
sp3_server_repl.sql. After that, I couldn't start the SQL
server anymore. I tried the solution given by Microsoft
but it didn't work.
SO, I decided to uninstall MS SQL and install again. But
after installing a fresh copy, I still get the same error
when the SQL Server tries to startup.
Please help, thank you.
PhilipHI Philip.
Check this article
814572 FIX: SQL Server Does Not Start and an Access Violation Occurs After
You
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=814572
If that does not help, download MDAC 2.7 SP1 from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...00f2-cae7-493d-
b0f3-ae36c570ade8&languageid=f49e8428-7071-4979-8a67-3cffcb0c2524&displaylan
g=en
Reinstall MDAC 2.7 SP1 refresh and rerun SP3 installation.
Hope that helps.
Regards,
Gayathri Rau [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.|||As a safety, pls check the dasetup,log to make sure that mdac installed
successfully.
Vikram Jayaram
Microsoft, SQL Server
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