I think you may have other problems or win2k is different. I know in winnt
I've swapped out tons of MBs and never had a problem. As long as the ide
driver is in the OS you should be OK.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Murray Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 1:53 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE
>
>
> I'm interested as well. But my problem is because my old machine got fried
> by lightening, so I can't go back and make the change. Interesting side
> note, when I tried to put the drive in an old Dell Pentium I, I
> got the very
> same message. When I tried to put the drive in an old Compaq Deskpro 4000
> Pentium I I got the message "NTLDR IS MISSING". Any ideas on solving that
> message?
>
> Murray
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 12:55 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE
>
>
> For the NEW controller I meant to say...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 12:53 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE
>
>
> Put it back in the original machine or a similar machine, and load the
> driver for that IDE controller.
>
> DPJ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 12:43 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE
>
>
> I've seen this problem before but haven't learned how to fix it without
> formatting yet. When replacing a motherboard in a Win2k (pro or server)
> machine, Windows will not boot for the IDE controller is
> different from the
> old motherboard, thus you get a blue screen that that error on it. Does
> anyone know how to fix this w/o formatting?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
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