Cannot start MongoDB: System error 1067 in Windows

Question

After setting up MongoDB service on Windows Server 2008 R2 this error was raised.

C:\\mongodb\\bin>net start MongoDB
The Mongo DB service is starting.
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Answer 1

The error came from an unclean shutdown detected.

Please visit http://dochub.mongodb.org/core/repair for recovery instructions.

a few steps will fix it (as it's written in the link above):

1) remove the file /data/db/mongod.lock

2) run mongod.exe --repair

3) start the mongod service net start MongoDB