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For the last 2 days I have not been able to boot up into windows. Operating
system is windows 2000pro with service pack 4. When I turn the computer on it
always goes to the blue screen and delivers the following message:
Stop:0X0000007B (0X85D91350, 0XC0000032, 0X00000000) Inaccesible boot device.
If this is the first time you've seen this screen......etc, etc,
Check for viruses. remove any newly installed hard disks or hard disk
controllers, (I have not installed any) make sure hdd is properly configured
and terminated ( this is a western digital sata hdd and I assume it's
properly configured and terminated since I have been using this computer for
awhile now), run CHKDSK /F to check for hard disk corruption and then restart
the computer. How can I do all of that when I can't even boot up to windows?
I tried going to the last good known configuration and I had the same
results. I'm writing this using an older computer that I had laying around. I
also tried installing the very same hdd that is in this older computer
which also has 2000pro in it, and I had the same results. I don't know a
whole lot about computers but I have always assembled mine from scratch.
Could the problem be somewhere in the motherboard? please help.
 
Reycorso,

It means inaccessable boot device

Is the device being picked up in the BIOS?
 
Thank you, Newbie for answering. Can you tell me how I check to see if the
device is being picked up in the bios?
 
What was done that caused this? What drive controller are you using? You can
run;
chkdsk /r
from the recovery console command line. (/r implies /f and /p)

To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000
Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup
floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD,
use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks. At
the "Welcome to Setup" screen. Press F10 or R to repair a Windows 2000
installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The Recovery
Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do not have
the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the
computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the registry is corrupted
or missing or no valid installations are found, the Recovery Console starts
in the root of the startup volume without requiring a password. You cannot
access any folders, but you can carry out commands such as chkdsk, fixboot,
and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the password has been validated,
you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access to the hard
disk. You can only access the following folders on your computer: drive
root, %windir% or %systemroot%


You can also download and run a disk diagnostic utility from the drive
manufacturer's web site.


Expect the worst and have complete backup on hand before doing so.




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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
 
Thank you Mr. Patrick for taking the time to answer my post.
What was done to cause this, I have no idea since it happened not while I
was using the computer. The computer was off, I turned it on and it went
straight to the blue screen. As far as the controller I'm using, it's a SATA
controller. I tried starting the computer with the win2000 install cd but it
still showed the same blue screen. I wouldn't know how to create a set of set
up floppys, it will be greatly appreciated if you could tell me how to do
that. Thanks a lot for your help.

Dave Patrick said:
What was done that caused this? What drive controller are you using? You can
run;
chkdsk /r
from the recovery console command line. (/r implies /f and /p)

To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000
Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup
floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD,
use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks. At
the "Welcome to Setup" screen. Press F10 or R to repair a Windows 2000
installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The Recovery
Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do not have
the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the
computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the registry is corrupted
or missing or no valid installations are found, the Recovery Console starts
in the root of the startup volume without requiring a password. You cannot
access any folders, but you can carry out commands such as chkdsk, fixboot,
and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the password has been validated,
you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access to the hard
disk. You can only access the following folders on your computer: drive
root, %windir% or %systemroot%


You can also download and run a disk diagnostic utility from the drive
manufacturer's web site.


Expect the worst and have complete backup on hand before doing so.




--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

reycorso said:
For the last 2 days I have not been able to boot up into windows.
Operating
system is windows 2000pro with service pack 4. When I turn the computer on
it
always goes to the blue screen and delivers the following message:
Stop:0X0000007B (0X85D91350, 0XC0000032, 0X00000000) Inaccesible boot
device.
If this is the first time you've seen this screen......etc, etc,
Check for viruses. remove any newly installed hard disks or hard disk
controllers, (I have not installed any) make sure hdd is properly
configured
and terminated ( this is a western digital sata hdd and I assume it's
properly configured and terminated since I have been using this computer
for
awhile now), run CHKDSK /F to check for hard disk corruption and then
restart
the computer. How can I do all of that when I can't even boot up to
windows?
I tried going to the last good known configuration and I had the same
results. I'm writing this using an older computer that I had laying
around. I
also tried installing the very same hdd that is in this older computer
which also has 2000pro in it, and I had the same results. I don't know a
whole lot about computers but I have always assembled mine from scratch.
Could the problem be somewhere in the motherboard? please help.
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Boot the CD-Rom if possible. If you need to create the setup disks, they can
be created from your Win2k CD-rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on the
cd-rom and execute makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and
follow the prompts.

Boot.ini may now be incorrect. Try creating a boot disk. For the floppy to
successfully boot Windows 2000 the disk must contain the "NT" boot sector.
Format a diskette (on a Windows 2000 machine, not a DOS/Win9x, so the NT
boot sector gets written to the floppy), and copy Windows 2000 versions of
ntldr, ntdetect.com, and boot.ini to it. Edit the boot.ini to give it a
correct ARC path for the machine you wish to boot. Below is an example of
boot.ini. The default is to start the operating system located on the first
partition of the primary or first drive (drive0). Then drive0 partition 2
and so on.

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 0,1"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 0,2"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 1,1"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 1,2"


Another possibility is to try loading the controller driver also from
floppy. For the floppy to successfully boot Windows 2000 the disk must
contain the "NT" boot sector. Format a diskette (on a Windows 2000 machine,
not a DOS/Win9x, so the "NT" boot sector gets written to the floppy), then
copy ntldr, ntdetect.com, and boot.ini to it. Edit the boot.ini to give it a
correct ARC path for the machine you wish to boot.


In order for this to work you'll want to change the arc path in boot.ini
from multi syntax to scsi syntax to indicate that Windows 2000 will load a
boot device driver and use that driver to access the boot partition. Then
also copy the correct manufacturer scsi driver to the floppy but renamed to
ntbootdd.sys


Something like this below;


[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 0,1"
scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 0,2"
scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 1,1"
scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 1,2"


In order to start the RC you will need to boot the Windows 2000 setup disks
or CD-Rom and *F6* very early and very important (at setup is inspecting
your system) in the setup to prevent drive controller detection, and select
S to specify additional drivers. Then later you'll be prompted to insert the
manufacturer supplied Windows 2000 driver for your drive's controller in
drive "A"



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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
 
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