Unknown Hard Error and after reboot Unaccessible boot device

Might be a drive controller issue or possibly the boot partition has
changed. Boot.ini may now be incorrect. Try creating a boot disk. For the
floppy to successfully boot Windows 2000 the disk must contain the "NT" boot
sector. Format a diskette (on a Windows 2000 machine, not a DOS/Win9x, so
the NT boot sector gets written to the floppy), and copy Windows 2000
versions of ntldr, ntdetect.com, and boot.ini to it. Edit the boot.ini to
give it a correct ARC path for the machine you wish to boot. Below is an
example of boot.ini. The default is to start the operating system located on
the first partition of the primary or first drive (drive0). Then drive0
partition 2 and so on.


[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 0,1"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 0,2"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 1,1"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 1,2"


Another possibility is to try loading the controller driver also from
floppy. For the floppy to successfully boot Windows 2000 the disk must
contain the "NT" boot sector. Format a diskette (on a Windows 2000 machine,
not a DOS/Win9x, so the "NT" boot sector gets written to the floppy), then
copy ntldr, ntdetect.com, and boot.ini to it. Edit the boot.ini to give it a
correct ARC path for the machine you wish to boot.


In order for this to work you'll want to change the arc path in boot.ini
from multi syntax to scsi syntax to indicate that Windows 2000 will load a
boot device driver and use that driver to access the boot partition. Then
also copy the correct manufacturer scsi driver to the floppy but renamed to
ntbootdd.sys


Something like this below;


[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 0,1"
scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 0,2"
scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 1,1"
scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 1,2"


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"Joanne Bondoc" wrote:
> Here goes:
>
> I shutdown my computer last night, (WIN2k PRO) which ws working very fine.
>
> I tried booting this morning, then the Log-in dialogue box appears, the pc
> hangs, so I am forced to restart the computer.
>
> After restarting, win2k pro loads about 75% (the blue bar during startup)
> and then the blue screen of death shows up. (STOP: Inaccessible Boot
> Device...)
>
> I tried researching throughout the net but cant find one that works for my
> pc. I didn't install any new hardware or anything nor did i touch or move
> any of the hdisks. please help... ;c
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