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INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE Error after power issues.
Hi, everyone.
I hope that you can help me. :)
The UPS on my office manager's machine decided to flip out after we left last night. Unfortunately, she left her machine on. When I came in this morning, the UPS was clicking on and off. Likewise, the computer was turning on, starting to boot, then being shut off. It'd probably been doing this all night. I shut it off and picked up a new UPS.
As I expected, once it booted, things are not well. Part-way through the W2K start-up, I get the blue screen and an INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE stop error.
This computer acts as the server for our accounting system. It has all the data files stored on it. Today is Friday. If we can't get this machine up, payroll can't get done for the entire company. I need your help urgently.
Thank you.
Eric
I hope that you can help me. :)
The UPS on my office manager's machine decided to flip out after we left last night. Unfortunately, she left her machine on. When I came in this morning, the UPS was clicking on and off. Likewise, the computer was turning on, starting to boot, then being shut off. It'd probably been doing this all night. I shut it off and picked up a new UPS.
As I expected, once it booted, things are not well. Part-way through the W2K start-up, I get the blue screen and an INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE stop error.
This computer acts as the server for our accounting system. It has all the data files stored on it. Today is Friday. If we can't get this machine up, payroll can't get done for the entire company. I need your help urgently.
Thank you.
Eric
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It seems like I fixed it.
Here's what I did... this shouldn't have worked on its own.
I renamed system in c:\winnt\system32\config to system.xxx
That's it.
I think this caused the system.alt to be restored to system.
It booted up fine.
It was just the first step in a set of instructions to remove Easy CD Creator.
Hopefully, it'll be a permanent fix.
Thanks for your help.
Here's what I did... this shouldn't have worked on its own.
I renamed system in c:\winnt\system32\config to system.xxx
That's it.
I think this caused the system.alt to be restored to system.
It booted up fine.
It was just the first step in a set of instructions to remove Easy CD Creator.
Hopefully, it'll be a permanent fix.
Thanks for your help.
http://www.biermann.org/philipp/STOP_0x0000007B/
Download the registry file and follow the instructions on the link above. This has solved the issue for me in the past.
(You will need a working O.S or another machine to be able to do this)