Re: Win2k BOOT question

What are you trying to do? Get the Windows 2000 drive from the Aptiva to boot the Dell PC? Does the Dell not have an Operating System installed on it?

You can't take a Windows 2000 drive and stick it in another computer and expect it to boot up! The computer onto which you move the drive would have to be nearly identical to the one where the drive came from for a scheme like that to work. Look here for more information:

How to move a Windows 2000 installation to different hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;249694

Maybe I misunderstand what you are trying to acheive, please elaborate. Are you trying to slave the Aptiva drives to a working Windows 2000 on the Dell or are you indeed trying to boot the Dell with the Aptiva drive?

John

centauri4 wrote:

I have two computers, an older IBM Aptiva E24
(really old) and a new(er) Dell Dimension XPS T450.
The IBM has Acer BIOS and the Dell Phoenix BIOS
(as far as I can tell).

I am trying to move two hard drives from the old
box to the new box, but really having a problem.
While everything is detected and boots fine on
the IBM, all I get on the Dell is:
"0x0000007B" and INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE

Early troubleshooting was a waste because I was
using the wrong drive in attempts to boot the Dell
(duh!).
Turns out, by paying better attention, I learned
my Quantum Bigfoot (2 Gb) drive is the Master and
the Maxtor 71260 (1 Gb) is the Slave.  But the MAIN
PROBLEM appears to be a boot sector/file detection
issue, and that is where I am stumped!

IBM drive config.:
Bigfoot - Master - Jumper ON
Maxtor - Slave - Jumper OFF

Dell drive config.:
Bigfoot - Master - Jumper ON = Blue screen w/error
  above.
Bigfoot - Master - Jumper OFF = Drive not listed
  during boot detection sequence.

In either configuration, the Dell is giving "NTLDR
is missing" or "Operating System not found" error
messages.  I checked for the file "ntldr" and
located it in C:\WINNT\ServicePackFiles\i386 but
do not know if it needs to be located somewhere
else on the drive as well.

I am spending to much time on this problem AND
could really use some help!  I do not have any
manuals for the Dell or the Aptiva, so I have been
relying on Support sites and older postings for
information and trying to approach the issue
methodically (just like the old days in tech. support).

I just noticed the Bigfoot drive is "FAT" and not
"NTFS"!  Could the Dell be "to smart" for its own
good?  I betcha.

Next I am going to run "chkdsk /f" on the Bigfoot
Master volume and check for the files mentioned in
the following Microsoft Knowledgebase document:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=311073

Any better ideas would be greatly appreciated!!

~ Dennis in Las Vegas, Nevada.
(former InfiNet, LLC of Norfolk, Virginia Sr. Tech.)
* giving a shout out to Brian Bresina, Chris Kepler,
Dave Kidd, Reo Maynard, John Lambert, Dave McKay
Dave Nash and our fearless leader Carl Eichhorn! *


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