Hi David, You might want to take a look at this page: http://www.windowsreinstall.com/install/other/motherboard/problems.htm
They discuss this exact issue, and a variety of possible solutions. Dirk > -----Original Message----- > From: David Grabbe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 8:29 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: WOT: INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE error on Win2k > > > Hello all, > > This is not even remotely a CF question :) but the > contributors to > this list have a broad range of experience, so I'm hoping > somebody has run > into this before and has a solution. > > One of our older Win2k machines went down -- the > m-board is fried > (bad power supply) but the HD seems to be OK. I tried > hooking up the old HD > with a new m-board/processor. When I try to boot up, Windows > starts going > through its normal boot sequence, but then always > "blue-screens" with a STOP > error message that says "INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE". I've > gleaned enough > from MSDN to know that Win2k doesn't like it when there is a radical > hardware change (i.e. different motherboard and proc), but > their suggestion > to "reinstall Windows" isn't an option at this point. Has > anyone run into > this before? Any solutions? > > Greatly appreciative, > David > > > > ------------------------------------ > David Grabbe > Manager, Information Systems > Church of the Great God > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.cgg.org <http://www.cgg.org/> > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server � PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
