INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE on Win2k boot

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I run SP2 on a Win2k Professional install. It's been on there for 2yrs and has been stable with no h/w changes for 5mth (last one was a wireless card which has been fine)

I've installed a new 120Gb HDD and installed Win2k have tried to install Win2k on it but, I get the BSOD with this new drive. It's the same msg as the one I got with the old 20Gb boot drive. I've tried to narrow the problem down by swapping ribbon cables since I thought it might have been a dodgy connector or something but, to no avail. The CD ROM is the slave on the same channel as the master (boot) disk. I've tried swapping all devices over to the Secondary channel as well but, no luck

I don't think it's IDE hardware related since the CD ROM is fine on either channel. Could it be any other type of h/w error

Any help/light shed would be great

mark

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

When you do your new installation on the new disk, limit the size of drive
C: to 10 or 20 GBytes and leave the rest free for your data. This will
probably solve your problem; it will also give you a much better platform.
Data should never be on the same drive as your OS and your apps.

I run SP2 on a Win2k Professional install. It's been on there for 2yrs and

has been stable with no h/w changes for 5mth (last one was a wireless card
which has been fine).

I've installed a new 120Gb HDD and installed Win2k have tried to install

Win2k on it but, I get the BSOD with this new drive. It's the same msg as
the one I got with the old 20Gb boot drive. I've tried to narrow the problem
down by swapping ribbon cables since I thought it might have been a dodgy
connector or something but, to no avail. The CD ROM is the slave on the same
channel as the master (boot) disk. I've tried swapping all devices over to
the Secondary channel as well but, no luck.

I don't think it's IDE hardware related since the CD ROM is fine on either

channel. Could it be any other type of h/w error?

 

[David H. Lipman]

Creating multiple partitions is not the same as using multiple physical drives. In the
referenced scenario if drive "C:" fails so does drive "D:". The OP should keep the 20GB
drive as drive "C:" and add the 120GB drive as a drive "D:".

Dave


| When you do your new installation on the new disk, limit the size of drive
| C: to 10 or 20 GBytes and leave the rest free for your data. This will
| probably solve your problem; it will also give you a much better platform.
| Data should never be on the same drive as your OS and your apps.
|
|
| | > I run SP2 on a Win2k Professional install. It's been on there for 2yrs and
| has been stable with no h/w changes for 5mth (last one was a wireless card
| which has been fine).
| >
| > I've installed a new 120Gb HDD and installed Win2k have tried to install
| Win2k on it but, I get the BSOD with this new drive. It's the same msg as
| the one I got with the old 20Gb boot drive. I've tried to narrow the problem
| down by swapping ribbon cables since I thought it might have been a dodgy
| connector or something but, to no avail. The CD ROM is the slave on the same
| channel as the master (boot) disk. I've tried swapping all devices over to
| the Secondary channel as well but, no luck.
| >
| > I don't think it's IDE hardware related since the CD ROM is fine on either
| channel. Could it be any other type of h/w error?
| >
| > Any help/light shed would be great.
| >
| > mark
|
|