W2000 NT inaccessible_boot_device 0x0000007B Problem

Hi,

I have already posted this to microsoft.public.win2000.general but
decided to post to a few more groups to try and get further
suggestions. Sorry if you have already read the post.

I have an IBM ThinkPad R30 with W2000 NT Professional installed. The
OS files are installed on the hard disk and I do not have system CDs.
The system does not have a floppy drive and the CD is a read only. I
have an external CDRW but I have never been able to create a recovery
disk on it.

About two weeks ago I got the inaccessible_boot_device 0x0000007B
problem. IBM told me to run the recovery problem which wipes the hard
disk and reinstalls the operating system. In the process I lost
everythink on the disk.

The problem has now re-occured. It occurs on bootup. I have not
installed any new hardware recently or made any hardware changes.

After a failed boot up I sometimes get the following message:

"invalid RFID serialization information area or bard crc2"

The major software change consisted of adding all the SPs and patches
from the Microsoft website upon reinstallation of the OS.

F8 safe mode or last good configuration do not work.

I really, really don't want to reinstall everything and lose all the
stuff on the disk and I am wondering if there is any work around to
the problem.

For example: can I buy the W2000 or XP CDs and upgrade or repair from
those disks?

Can I boot to the c:\ with networking support and copy the important
files across to another computer?

I also have a Thinkpad 600X can the hard disks be swapped and if so
would that make any difference?

Thanks for any help.

Regards

Emmett

"Emmett Power" <Emmett@Silico-Research.com> wrote in message
news:6e11de5c.0308121139.365aae18@posting.google.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have already posted this to microsoft.public.win2000.general but
> decided to post to a few more groups to try and get further
> suggestions. Sorry if you have already read the post.
>
> I have an IBM ThinkPad R30 with W2000 NT Professional installed. The
> OS files are installed on the hard disk and I do not have system CDs.
> The system does not have a floppy drive and the CD is a read only. I
> have an external CDRW but I have never been able to create a recovery
> disk on it.
>
> About two weeks ago I got the inaccessible_boot_device 0x0000007B
> problem. IBM told me to run the recovery problem which wipes the hard
> disk and reinstalls the operating system. In the process I lost
> everythink on the disk.
>
> The problem has now re-occured. It occurs on bootup. I have not
> installed any new hardware recently or made any hardware changes.
>
> After a failed boot up I sometimes get the following message:
>
> "invalid RFID serialization information area or bard crc2"
>
> The major software change consisted of adding all the SPs and patches
> from the Microsoft website upon reinstallation of the OS.
>
> F8 safe mode or last good configuration do not work.
>
> I really, really don't want to reinstall everything and lose all the
> stuff on the disk and I am wondering if there is any work around to
> the problem.
>
> For example: can I buy the W2000 or XP CDs and upgrade or repair from
> those disks?
>
> Can I boot to the c:\ with networking support and copy the important
> files across to another computer?
>
> I also have a Thinkpad 600X can the hard disks be swapped and if so
> would that make any difference?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Regards
>
> Emmett

If you have a Win2000 bootable CD, boot your machine from the CD and run the
recovery console. Once in the console, run chkdsk.exe /R and see what you
get as a result.

This could take a long time if chkdsk needs to recover bad sectors on the
hard drive. If you get a large number of bad sectors reported you should
think about replacing the drive because it will get worse, until it finally
fails.

Cyberbear

Thanks for the fedback. The problem is that I don't have a boot dik.
Is it possible to run chkdsk from the c:\ prompt?

Regards

Emmett


"Cyberbear" <cyberbear.matter@antimatter.starband.net> wrote in message news:<ObvykFRYDHA.2236@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>...
> "Emmett Power" <Emmett@Silico-Research.com> wrote in message
> news:6e11de5c.0308121139.365aae18@posting.google.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have already posted this to microsoft.public.win2000.general but
> > decided to post to a few more groups to try and get further
> > suggestions. Sorry if you have already read the post.
> >
> > I have an IBM ThinkPad R30 with W2000 NT Professional installed. The
> > OS files are installed on the hard disk and I do not have system CDs.
> > The system does not have a floppy drive and the CD is a read only. I
> > have an external CDRW but I have never been able to create a recovery
> > disk on it.
> >
> > About two weeks ago I got the inaccessible_boot_device 0x0000007B
> > problem. IBM told me to run the recovery problem which wipes the hard
> > disk and reinstalls the operating system. In the process I lost
> > everythink on the disk.
> >
> > The problem has now re-occured. It occurs on bootup. I have not
> > installed any new hardware recently or made any hardware changes.
> >
> > After a failed boot up I sometimes get the following message:
> >
> > "invalid RFID serialization information area or bard crc2"
> >
> > The major software change consisted of adding all the SPs and patches
> > from the Microsoft website upon reinstallation of the OS.
> >
> > F8 safe mode or last good configuration do not work.
> >
> > I really, really don't want to reinstall everything and lose all the
> > stuff on the disk and I am wondering if there is any work around to
> > the problem.
> >
> > For example: can I buy the W2000 or XP CDs and upgrade or repair from
> > those disks?
> >
> > Can I boot to the c:\ with networking support and copy the important
> > files across to another computer?
> >
> > I also have a Thinkpad 600X can the hard disks be swapped and if so
> > would that make any difference?
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Emmett
>
> If you have a Win2000 bootable CD, boot your machine from the CD and run the
> recovery console. Once in the console, run chkdsk.exe /R and see what you
> get as a result.
>
> This could take a long time if chkdsk needs to recover bad sectors on the
> hard drive. If you get a large number of bad sectors reported you should
> think about replacing the drive because it will get worse, until it finally
> fails.

Hi George,

Pain isn't it? The second part of my error message is: 0x040450,
0xC000009C, 0x000000000, 0x000000000.

I think that I'll just have to run the IBM Recovery Programme and
start again, sigh.

Good luck.

Regards

Emmett

"george" <bigwinoman@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<04a701c361e7$ce953350$a501280a@phx.gbl>...
> Emett,
>
> I get the same problem on my machine. I installed SP2 ..
> and upon reboot i get that error. Ive tried accessing my
> BIOS.. and seen that the CMOS settings were all set to 0
> for my HDD. However.. changing these makes no difference
> in the error received.
> The recovery panel had no effect..
>
> I NEED this Service Pack to install correctly so i can
> patch for the mblast virus.
>
> Here's my error in addition to the 0x0000007B
>
> ( 0xB81B84C, 0x0000034, 0x0000000, 0x0000000 )
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >
> >"Emmett Power" <Emmett@Silico-Research.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:6e11de5c.0308121139.365aae18@posting.google.com...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have already posted this to
> microsoft.public.win2000.general but
> >> decided to post to a few more groups to try and get
> further
> >> suggestions. Sorry if you have already read the post.
> >>
> >> I have an IBM ThinkPad R30 with W2000 NT Professional
> installed. The
> >> OS files are installed on the hard disk and I do not
> have system CDs.
> >> The system does not have a floppy drive and the CD is a
> read only. I
> >> have an external CDRW but I have never been able to
> create a recovery
> >> disk on it.
> >>
> >> About two weeks ago I got the inaccessible_boot_device
> 0x0000007B
> >> problem. IBM told me to run the recovery problem which
> wipes the hard
> >> disk and reinstalls the operating system. In the
> process I lost
> >> everythink on the disk.
> >>
> >> The problem has now re-occured. It occurs on bootup. I
> have not
> >> installed any new hardware recently or made any
> hardware changes.
> >>
> >> After a failed boot up I sometimes get the following
> message:
> >>
> >> "invalid RFID serialization information area or bard
> crc2"
> >>
> >> The major software change consisted of adding all the
> SPs and patches
> >> from the Microsoft website upon reinstallation of the
> OS.
> >>
> >> F8 safe mode or last good configuration do not work.
> >>
> >> I really, really don't want to reinstall everything and
> lose all the
> >> stuff on the disk and I am wondering if there is any
> work around to
> >> the problem.
> >>
> >> For example: can I buy the W2000 or XP CDs and upgrade
> or repair from
> >> those disks?
> >>
> >> Can I boot to the c:\ with networking support and copy
> the important
> >> files across to another computer?
> >>
> >> I also have a Thinkpad 600X can the hard disks be
> swapped and if so
> >> would that make any difference?
> >>
> >> Thanks for any help.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> Emmett
> >
> >If you have a Win2000 bootable CD, boot your machine from
> the CD and run the
> >recovery console. Once in the console, run chkdsk.exe /R
> and see what you
> >get as a result.
> >
> >This could take a long time if chkdsk needs to recover
> bad sectors on the
> >hard drive. If you get a large number of bad sectors
> reported you should
> >think about replacing the drive because it will get
> worse, until it finally
> >fails.
> >
> >
> >.
> >