BOOT PROBLEM unmountable_boot_device after partition resize

[DUN1]

HI.

i buyed new 200GB ...

I've only Windows XP sp3 instead of 4.

It recognizes it as 137GB, well i continued with the installation and
finisched with all documents, programs, ecc...

Well, I installed also SP$, and thinked. Now the hard disk is seen as 200gb,
so i could resize partition....


DAMNED HELL.

i used parttion magic to resize from 137 to 180 (20 gb keeped for backup)

What could i try now?

 

[DL]

Then something went wrong with the PM process

 

[John John]

Did you do the registry stuff:

48-Bit LBA Support for ATAPI Disk Drives in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305098

John

 

[Sid Knee]

Did you make the partition active after resizing?

 

[DUN1]

Sure i maked active the partition.
i'm not dumb... : )

trying with KB MS
Thank You.

 

[DUN1]

I just readed KB.
So if i modofy the registry it should boot,but
how can i modify the registry if windows didn't boot up?

I've other severals PC:
should i attach the hard disk to another PC (windows xp )
and how coult i modify the win 2000 Register then?

there is some utility?
i need to change only a byte!!! lol


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Atapi\Parameters
Scegliere Aggiungi valore dal menu Modifica e aggiungere il seguente
valore di registro:
Nome valore: EnableBigLba
Tipo di dati: REG_DWORD
Dati valore: 0x1

 

[DUN1]

I modified the registry but it doesn't resolve...

I'm doing a new installation..

with win 2000 sp3... after i put sp4, then i try expant from windows...

Good luck!

 

[Sid Knee]

i'm not dumb... : )

Oops! No offence. Never intended to suggest that.

 

[Andy]

If you have another PC, the cleanest way to do it is connect the 200
GB drive to it, and use disk management to create and format a 180 GB
primary partition. Then reconnect the 200 GB drive to the original PC,
and install Windows 2000 to the now existing 180 GB formatted
partition. Add EnableBigLba to the registry as soon as you boot the
newly installed Windows.

 

[DUN1]

thank you all.

Oops! No offence. Never intended to suggest that.

 

[DUN1]

thank you all.
i did it

If you have another PC, the cleanest way to do it is connect the 200
GB drive to it, and use disk management to create and format a 180 GB
primary partition. Then reconnect the 200 GB drive to the original PC,
and install Windows 2000 to the now existing 180 GB formatted
partition. Add EnableBigLba to the registry as soon as you boot the
newly installed Windows.