"Inaccessible Boot Device" -

[godot]

MoBo: Asus P3V4X
Primary Master: Quantum 13.6GB ATA 66
Primary Slave: WestDigi 8.4GB

i have two HDDs, one with windows 2000 installed on the
5th partition ( a logic partition)of the primary master
IDE drive.
on primary IDE, i have 1.6GB fat 16
400MB fat 15
128MB Linux Swap
2G Linux
2GB NTFS ( windows 2000)
4GB NTFS

Primary Slave IDE drive has only one partition with size
8GB.

after i changed my MB and CPU, i tried to boot it up,
i got an error message saying that "Inaccessible Boot Device"
windows 2000 reminds me to check virus, disconnect new IDE
device, CHKDSK /f blah blah. I disconnect primary slave
drive
and still got the same message. I boot it up with a
Windows 98
disk and can't see the NTFS partitions.

i installed NTFS under win98 but since i can't specify
the NTFS driver files, i still can't see the NTFS partitions.

there is a previous thread about this, but it doesn't seem
to help. :-(

What shall i do now to make it boot to win2k?

THanks a lot

 

[Kehraus]

Check in your bios and see if there is a setting, or a series of settings for boot sequence. I had two drives and my system kept booting from the drive i had set as the slave. I rechecked the bios setting, and the drives start at -0- zero as the number1. After correcting the setting, boot sequence started with the master. might help, might not, good luck.

 

[Shudder]

I have heard of very little, if none, stories about changing the motherboard and getting Windows 2000 to work correctly.

Most recommend reformatting the partition/reinstalling Windows2k and that was the easiest route for me to take as well. If it will barely even boot or not boot at all when you change mb's, do you think it will even be as stable as it could be if you do manage to get it running?

Save your hair from being pulled, swallow your pride, and redo windows In the end you'll be happier.