RE: April 13 Critical Updates for Windows 2000 Server - corrupted

As an update, I removed the USB drive before running the update and still had
the same problem. The problem this time was caused by a change in the DRIVE
LETTERS. The Drive Letter associated with my active Windows 2000 Server
system drive being updated was changed to the drive letter for a Windows 2003
Server system drive on the same computer that has not yet been installed
completely yet (i.e a multi boot system). Apparently, this caused the boot
failure. After restoring the System State files and changing the drive
letter to the correct value, I was able to recover.

"Eric Hanson" wrote:

> I just tried to apply the latest critical updates to my Windows 2000 Adv
> Server and the updates were saved temporarily on my USB drive. When Windows
> 2000 boots to install the updates, an INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE error occurs
> since the USB driver to access the updates has not been loaded (internal USB
> not on motherboard). How to I correct the update to NOT put the temporary
> files on my USB drive and to now remove the status that an update is needed
> so I can boot.
.

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