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win2000 inaccessible boot device - HELP

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Papercup

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Hi, hope someone can help. I have a machine that was a file server for an office, as well as being an internet gateway, mail server, print server, well, lots of things.

It had a horrible cheap KT133 mainboard in which has died. I really don't want to re-install Windows (though i know i should) so I have bought a new Gigabyte mainboard, a KT133a one, hoping i could just power it up and it would boot, get slightly upset, then carry on.

I am getting a STOP error just after the Windows 2000 boot screen, after the one with just the boot options, the actual 2000 Splash Screen. I get the first little cube in the line of cubes that appear, then the error.

It doesn't like the IDE controller obviously (silly win2000 gets that far though so it found the hard drive OK).

I have tried automatic fast repair, all options, with no change from the Win2000 CD.

What now?
 
I had the same thing happen after I took some memory out of one of my comps. I don't think win2k handles major hardware changes very well. I never did fix it really - ended up sticking the drive in another comp and copying what I needed, and then reinstalling. I remember searching the M$ knowledge base on it, and they didn't have a real definite solution. Good luck.
 
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