Re: How to make HD bootable?
From: Pegasus \(MVP\) (I.can_at_fly.com)
Date: 10/09/04
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Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 17:38:55 +1000
"TAB in Atlanta" <TAB in Atlanta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Ok here goes.
> My old motherboard died - dead - so I cannot go back to that
configuration.
>
> What I ended up doing is putting in a spare hd and making it master - then
> did a fresh install of win 2k. I can now access the old hd as slave -
> however I cannot figure out how to repair this one and make it bootable.
> When i go into the bios and force the system to boot to the old drive I
get
> the following error:
>
> 0x000000007b
> INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE
>
> I can boot off the "master" and look at this drive - I can move files read
> files etc but I have so much stuff installed on this other drive that I
just
> hate to chuck it.
>
> How can I repair this old - "slave" and make it bootable and run as the
only
> drive in this system. Please help.
>
> Thanks
> Terry in Atlanta
You could try this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824125
To protect yourself against this sort of thing, use a partition
imaging product and save an image of drive C: once every
few months.
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