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I get 'inaccessible boot device' error

Asked by: graypcrha

I get 'inaccessible boot device' error
I tried safe mode same thing get blus screen of death
It bootups to  the  startup screen then  blue  screen of  death.
Windows 2000 Server  raid 5 Domain control

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2007-08-07 at 16:23:34ID22748092
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Answers

 

by: captainreissPosted on 2007-08-07 at 16:49:59ID: 19650471

Hi

Looks like a controller issue. What controller/server box is this? Do you have server warranty or component warranty on your setup, if so see whether you can get a replacement controller card.

Do you get any POST error report, array status?

hth

 

by: lnkevinPosted on 2007-08-08 at 11:14:28ID: 19656605

The only time you get the above (inaccessible boot device....) if you just perform the following change:
 - Moving a boot drive from one computer to another or replacing the boot hard drive that RAID 5 did not recover correctly
 - Upgrading the motherboard in your computer
 - Or the server was reboot by power surge damage.
Otherwise, your server get infected by a virus that could damage the boot sector or the hard drive is bad with corrupted sector. If your server was suffer a power surge, be sure the motherboard is OK. If the server was infected by virus, check the following article from Microsoft to see if you can get it fixed.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q122926
You also want to Run CHKDSK /F to check and fix hard drive curruption, but do this step last because it will hard fix your disk and overwrite the old info.

K

 

by: FixingStuffPosted on 2007-08-08 at 12:34:03ID: 19657256

Make sure you don't have any floppy disks, CDs, or bootable USB devices in the machine... just a sanity check.
fs

 

by: graypcrhaPosted on 2007-08-16 at 20:34:17ID: 19714412

No post error
No floppy floppy disks, CDs, or bootable USB devices in the machine

 

by: graypcrhaPosted on 2007-08-19 at 19:27:47ID: 19727850

here is  the exact  error
Stop 0x0000007b 0x85DE7c030 0x0000006 0x0000000
Inaccessible_Boot_ Devive

It Boots up to   the  window  screeen get about 70-80% then craches into the  blus screen

 

by: lnkevinPosted on 2007-08-20 at 06:07:49ID: 19730005

Update or reinstall controller drivers. For Windows 2000, you may have problem to download update driver. Anyway, if you cannot get the updated driver version, try to reinstall the current driver and let us know if the problem is persisted.

K

 

by: lnkevinPosted on 2007-08-20 at 06:25:55ID: 19730142

Read this article for similar problem and resolution:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Win2000/Q_20792556.html

K

 

by: captainreissPosted on 2007-08-20 at 06:31:03ID: 19730173

As said, it seems to be a controller issue, please let us know which controller you have, if it has a supplimentary power pack, that may be failing....
all the best

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