Re: IBM Deskstar 60GXP... Device Inaccessible when installing Winxp
- From: "Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 20:30:14 -0400
Hi,
Deskstar = Deathstar
Not unusual for that product line. WinXP, like Win2K, is an NT system, and
they are notoriously sensitive to faulty hardware. This is not the case with
Win9x, which is far more fault tolerant.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
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"crabbj" <crabbj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have tried just about everything possible to upgrade from WIN98SE to
>Winxp
> Pro on an older computer for use as a training desktop for network
> administration. I recently replaced the original hard drive with a 20G IBM
> Deskstar 60GXP. The drive accepted a clean install of WIN98SE and runs
> fine,
> but for reasons that seem unique to this drive, the Desktar seems to come
> up
> with a device inaccessible error open startup of the WinXP pro setup. I've
> tried floppy boots, scandisk, fdisk.. Nothing seems to work. Is this a
> lost
> cause, and should I just replace the drive with a less faulty brand?? I've
> read numerous threads on this topic, and it seems to happen with Win2k and
> just about anything past Win98SE with the IBM drives. The Hitachi website
> which supports the drive offers no type of drivers or anything that can
> fix
> the BIOS settings for installation, and simply states "drivers aren't
> required for hard drives." on the support site. You'd think they would
> address the common problems with all those STOP errors, but not on the
> site.
> This computer is a 1999 Inteva, which has no customer support as the
> manufacturer went out of business and its website is dead. The only bit of
> hope I have is that the drive runs Win98SE flawlessly. I know this is old
> news to everybody, but I just need to find a solution before replacing the
> drive
>
.
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