[win2kforum] Re: Inaccessible Boot Device
- From: "L.W. Kramer" <lwkramer@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: win2kforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 10:12:16 -0700
Please check the MS Kbase, http://support.microsoft.com for the exhaustive
and authoritative list of issues with this symptom. There are a lot of
them, some serious, some off-the-wall.
http://www.systeminternals.com may also be useful, particularly for a
utility that permits a win98 system to read (or write if you want to pay)
an NTFS filesystem on a local drive. The premise here is that you MIGHT be
able, with partition magic or a similar util, to get a free C: partition,
install 9x and access your data.
You mention a compaq model number but not the model name - I suspect that
you will find that the model is NOT certified for win2k, which means a
couple of things. Remember that manufacturers have to pay for
certification, and there are models for which this is not profitable
-however, it means that you must individiually research the compatibility
of devices, especially disk controllers, disc drives, and video interfaces
until you are satisfied that you have the right drivers (this letter is
composed on NT4 running on an uncertified laptop - in my case, I was able
to identify an Asian version of essentially the same hardware that WAS
certified by the manufacturer for NT, and that driver set for that system
was used).
L.
L.
>Hi All
>
>I have a problem with a machine which I am unable to boot and any ideas to
>resolve would be v.grateful.
>
>Machine: Compaq 3500
>OS: W2K SP1
>File system: NTFS
>System dir: C:\winnt
>
>
>Error Message on boot = Inaccessible Boot Device - Please run CHKDSk
>
>Solutions tried and failed:
>
>1. Boot with W2K Install disk and tried to run Chkdsk.
> After loading the OS install files, error message = Unable to
> locate HD
>2. Boot with W2K Install disk and tried to install OS into new partition
> After loading the OS install files, error message = Unable to
> locate HD
>3. Boot with NTFS Dos Disk
> Am able to read all dirs except %system%
> I can access this dir but when I try to list the files, nothing
> appears
>4. Boot with ghost Boot disk to take image off machine
> Falls over straight away (err msg - unable to read boot sector)
>5. Boot with Imagecast boot disk and tried to burn off image
> Falls over after about 15 mins... timeout errors - have
> increased the
>timeout but still falls over.
>6. Removed HD and placed into identical machine - same error msg as 1
>7. Tried all troubleshooting options built in to W2K at boot - all have
>failed. Do not have the Recovery Console installed and am unable to install
>it.
>
>I have not tried going in with a boot disk and running fdisk or format as
>there is data on here I have to retrieve and there is no backup. If any one
>knows of any utils which maybe worth trying please let me know - thanks
>v.much in advance....
>
>Rosilyn Carroll
>
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