Inaccessible Boot Device

[Tom Wood]

I have a Dell Optiplex Gx1 P3 with a new load of Windows
2000 Pro. When I put this hard drive in to my new Dell
Optiplex GX 260 P4, I get this message!
Stop: 0x0000007B
(0xF081B84C,0x0000034,0x00000000,0x00000000) INACCESSIBLE
BOOT DEVICE. Is their any way of getting around this with
out having to reload my operating system and setting up
some of my custom programs again.

 

[Steve Duff [MVP]]

Boot from the Windows2000 CDROM. When you get
to the first repair/install choice, continue installing.
When setup detects the existing Win2K it will
offer to repair it. >That's< the repair you want. It will
run through the full Windows install which will rebuild
a correct hardware enumeration in the registry.
You won't lose data or configuration, but you will
need to reinstall service packs and updates.

In general (for IDE-based systems), if you change
the disk controller type to "Standard Dual PCI/IDE" BEFORE
you remove the drive, then it will be able to reboot in
another IDE-based system, and you don't have to
go through the process above.

Steve Duff, MCSE
Ergodic Systems, Inc.

 

[Doc]

Steve,

Is this done in the Device Manager? BIOS? or through
Jumper settings? I cannot seem to find the IDE spec that
you're mentioning. Thanks in advance for the help.

Doc