0x000000007B Inaccesable Boot Device at startup

[Matt]

a description


i had to go out with some friends a few nights ago and
turned my PC off , everything was fine , nothing was wrong

today , however i turned my PC on and found 0x000007B
Inaccessible Boot Device
i didnt know what was wrong so ive got no idea how to fix
it

Im running Windows 2000 Professional Edition
Ive got Norton Anti-Virus 2004
and it picked no viruses up

ive got no idea whats going on

*Note*

im not sure if i posted in the right forum
please move accordingly

thank you

Matthew Richardson

 

[Jerold Schulman]

a description


i had to go out with some friends a few nights ago and
turned my PC off , everything was fine , nothing was wrong

today , however i turned my PC on and found 0x000007B
Inaccessible Boot Device
i didnt know what was wrong so ive got no idea how to fix
it

Im running Windows 2000 Professional Edition
Ive got Norton Anti-Virus 2004
and it picked no viruses up

ive got no idea whats going on

*Note*

im not sure if i posted in the right forum
please move accordingly

thank you

Matthew Richardson

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=122926 "Troubleshooting Stop 0x0000007B or '0x4000' Error"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=178558 "Upgrade Installation of Windows NT on HP NetServer Generates Error Event ID 7026"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=226361 "Error Code '[0x4 0x1 0 0]' During Windows 2000 Setup"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=241827 "Mass Storage Device May Not Be Started During Unattended Setup"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=246043 "No Mouse or Keyboard Response at Logon Prompt After Installing IomegaWare"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=268066 "Startup Problems When Transferring System Hard Disk to a Backup Computer"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=300224 "'Stop 0x0000001E KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED' Error Message May Be Displayed When You Use the Diskperf Utility"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=305470 "Invalid Partition Table Prevents Disk from Being Displayed in Disk Management"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=822051 "How to troubleshoot 'Stop 0x0000007B' error messages that occur when you run Windows 2000 Setup"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=822052 "How to troubleshoot 'Stop 0x0000007B' error messages in Windows 2000"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=826901 "'Stop 0x0000007B' error message after you remove Dell OpenManage software in Windows 2000 Server"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=841086 "Introduction of new functions may cause calls to AdjustTokenPrivileges and LookupPrivilegeDisplayName not to work"
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=883114 "'STOP 0x0000007B INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE' error message when you use a USB CD-ROM device to install Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000"


Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

 

[Ryan]

Matt,

I had the same thing happen to me (except on my Server).
Follow all the articles like Jerry suggested, if they
don't help then try my approch (NOT GUARANTEED TO WORK).
I called MS and tried w/ them for 1/2 a day as well.

My issue was that the blue bar got about 1/2 to the
startup and gave me the bsod with the 7B error. When I
booted into the win2000 setup, recovery console, it
didn't let me in because it couldn't find %windows%. Now,
I moved my hard drives to another win2000 computer, and
it said the drive was unformated or damaged. I ran some
file recovery software and it was pretty much saying that
my disk contents were there. I ran my HD diagnostics on
the disk (through/extended), no errors.

So what I needed to do was rebuild my partition table. I
found these guys and this is what I used.
http://www.partition-recovery.com/
It was $30 and well worth it (if it didn't work I was out
$30). It saved me from Rebuilding: Actual server, Active
Directory (DC), Exchange, & SQL Server.

I though I would share my experience.

Ryan

-----Original Message-----

http://support.microsoft.com?

kbid=122926 "Troubleshooting Stop 0x0000007B or '0x4000'
Error"

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=178558 "Upgrade

Installation of Windows NT on HP NetServer Generates
Error Event ID 7026"

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=226361 "Error

Code '[0x4 0x1 0 0]' During Windows 2000 Setup"

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=241827 "Mass Storage

Device May Not Be Started During Unattended Setup"

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=246043 "No Mouse or

Keyboard Response at Logon Prompt After Installing
IomegaWare"

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=268066 "Startup

Problems When Transferring System Hard Disk to a Backup
Computer"

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=300224 "'Stop

0x0000001E KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED' Error Message May
Be Displayed When You Use the Diskperf Utility"

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=305470 "Invalid

Partition Table Prevents Disk from Being Displayed in
Disk Management"

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=822051 "How to

troubleshoot 'Stop 0x0000007B' error messages that occur
when you run Windows 2000 Setup"

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=822052 "How to

troubleshoot 'Stop 0x0000007B' error messages in Windows
2000"

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=826901 "'Stop

0x0000007B' error message after you remove Dell
OpenManage software in Windows 2000 Server"

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=841086 "Introduction

of new functions may cause calls to AdjustTokenPrivileges
and LookupPrivilegeDisplayName not to work"

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=883114 "'STOP

0x0000007B INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE' error message when
you use a USB CD-ROM device to install Windows Server
2003 or Windows 2000"