Re: Win2k BOOT question

Is there any chance the procedure outlined in
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=311073
"Creating a boot disk for an NTFS or FAT partition"
would (actually) work??

It would be great if Microsoft offered a "realtime
reconfiguration" mode or something of that
sort which would accomplish the types of
tasks described in
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;249694
"How to move a Windows 2000 installation to different hardware"

I suppose that might be asking a lot.

For a bit I thought the Dell computer had settings
stored in CMOS which were preventing it from
recognizing the "new" drives, but I guess that is
not the case. (Since the computer came from
someone else and I had no idea what type(s) of
hard drives had been previously installed in it.
Thought: What if it had a RAID array or this is
no oridnary (home use) Dell box... A corporate
cast-off maybe?...)

Re: 0x0000007B INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE

The error message and Microsoft Knowledge-
base seemed to indicate recently installed hard
drives or drive controllers were at fault, but that
looks to have been only the FIRST LAYER of the
problem... With the advice posted above I now
know it is likely the Dell would have remained
inoperable even if I managed to make my way
past the (my) perceived hard drive issue.

Noted here for the future benefit of other Usenet
searchers and surfers.
~ Dennis in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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