Strange INACCESSABLE_BOOT_DEVICE Problem.

[kandm]

Hello.

Rarely do I post messages to forums but I'm completely stumped on this one.

I have a Dell Dimension 8100 system. 1.3Ghz, 256MB... I can list the complete specs if need be.

Around 3 months ago I upgraded the 10GB Western Digital drive that was in the system to a 7200 rpm 60GB Western Digital w/8MB cache. I used WD utility to migrate to the new disk. All was well. A month later I replaced the HP 12x CD-RW drive with a Plextor 708A DVD burner... all by itself on the 2nd IDE channel. I had to upgrade the Easy CD Creator 5 software to version 6 in order to use the newer Plextor drive. Again. Everything was working perfectly.

Around a month ago I came into work and fired up my PC. I received a BSOD with the following message:

INACCESSABLE_BOOT_DEVICE 0x0000007B (0x818728B0), 0xC0000102, 0x00000000, 0x00000000

I booted from the Windows 2000 CD and fired up the Recovery Console which instantly presented me with a C:\>. I wasn't prompted for an administrator password. The DIR command gave me the following error:

An error occurred during directory enumeration.

I proceeded to run CHKDSK /P /R. CHKDSK reported it found an error and that it's been repaired. I was then able to get a listing with the DIR command. I rebooted the PC and all was happy again.

The next time I came in and had to power up the system cold, I got the same BSOD. You'd figure maybe the drive just isn't spinning up in time but even with a reset the same error came up. Another boot to the Recovery Console, another CHKDSK /P /R allowed me to get into W2K.

I've been dealing with this for a month now. I've probably done the Recovery Console - CHKDSK /P /R procedure 12-15 times to get into the system.

What research I've done on the Internet has given me little to go on. I found this article about Easy CD Creator:

http://www.jsiinc.com/subm/tip6100/rh6179.htm.

It didn't work. I also found this article here Tek-Tips:

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?spid=616&newpid=616&sqid=86626.

I made this change to the Registry: ClearPageFileAtShutdown = 1 in HKey_Local_Machine/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/Session Manager/Memory Management.

The horrible thing is that after I set ClearPageFileAtShutdown = 1, I shutdown and restarted the PC four times without issue. I'd power it down and let it sit for 5 - 10 minutes and restart without any problems. I figured I'd solved the problem and shut down my PC for the night. I came back in the following morning and booted to the dreaded BSOD.

I'm losing my patience with this machine. I could do a fresh install. I have a large amount of applications installed to do my job... of course it would be a pain to reinstall them all. I keep telling myself this problem has got to be something stupid/simple.

Thanks for reading... any help would be appreciated.

 

[pweegar]

Hmm. I did a cut an dpaste on the search bar at google and came up with some interesting info. One suggestion (from

http://www.annoyances.com)

was to replace your hd cable. Try using the one that came with the new drive.

 

[Outubro]

Ok, after 24 hours cracking my head i managed to get a solution to the error:
*** STOP: 0x0000007B (0xED41B84C, 0XC0000034, 0X00000000, 0X00000000) Inaccessible Boot Device. Its basically the same problem, and the cause its Easy CD Creator 5! It forgets a file there!!!

You just have to consider this link (microsoft):

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811408

As it is for winXP, it still can be used for win2k if you consider only the METHOD2 repair procedure, and:

edit the Regedt32.exe on the windows whith problems,
and the Regedit on the new windows installation.

The "new installation" (another win2k) can be in another parallel/master hd, partition or else, as it is only used to edit the registry of the "old" windows. For this refer to:

http://www.tek-tips.com./gviewthread.cfm/lev2/67/lev3/70/pid/616/qid/68263

Posted by AAron Ford on April 9, 2002.

Follow the indications and it will solve your problem.

Outubro