Re: Inaccessible_Boot_Device

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From: Dave Patrick (mail_at_Nospam.DSPatrick.com)
Date: 09/11/04 

Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 07:37:56 -0600

You'll probably need the controller driver from the manufacturer but you can
verify that here.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/howtobuy/upgrading/compat/default.asp 

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"Teilhard Knight" wrote:
| 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.
|
|
|

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