Re: Inaccessible_Boot_Device
From: Teilhard Knight (teilhk_at_privacy.net)
Date: 09/23/04
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Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 09:39:37 -0500
"Gert B. Frob" <sbrentcarter@spaminator.net> wrote in message
news:S172d.198377$mD.183348@attbi_s02...
> "Teilhard Knight" <teilhk@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>> Hello:
>>
>> I am trying to install Win 2K on a PIII 550MHz with 384 Meg RAM. I am not
>> very Knowledgeable about hardware, but Win XP reports a VIA IDE
> controller.
>>
>> The problem is, I start installation in DOS, and when the system passes
>> to
>> full Win 2K mode, I get:
>>
>> Stop: 0x0000007B (0xF2463848, 0xC0000034, 0x0..., 0x0...).
>>
>> I have researched the error, and I know the string outside the
>> parenthesis
>> means I cannot access my HD (partition). The meaning of the first string
>> inside I haven't been able to spot. The references are too technical for
> me.
>> So, perhaps you guys can tell me what exactly the problem is. The second
>> string inside has a clear meaning which I sadly forget, but the cures
> based
>> on this information alone I undertake never got me to solve the problem.
> The
>> other two strings, as I understand are always zero.
>>
>> I paid 10 bucks only to be told that the most probable cause is that the
>> installer does not have drivers for my IDE controller. I find hard to
>> believe this because I have partitioned the HD to have Win XP, Win 2K,
>> and
> a
>> distribution of Linux together (80 Gb HD), and both Win XP and Linux
>> installed without a hitch. Besides, VIA does not provide IDE drivers one
>> could feed in a diskette to the installation, they claim they are always
> in
>> the installer of all flavours of Windows.
>>
>> Any feedback to solve my problem will be greatly appreciated. I have
>> spent
> a
>> great deal of time reading and trying (virus, etc.) and nothing.
>>
>> Teilhard.
>>
>
>
> Just a guess here because your post doesn't give the full picture. Seems
> to
> me that your boot manager may not be hiding the existing partitions
> correctly and after the original setup, Win 2000 is addressing the wrong
> partition and is unable to find it's boot files. Post the full stop
> error,
> the layout of your partitions and what boot manager you are using and I'm
> sure you'll get a better response.
I already posted the full error stop somewhere, I guess in my original post.
I appreciate your feedback, but the boot manager was not doing things wrong.
The boot manager is Xosl. In any case I have Win 2K up and running now.
Thanks for your time.
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