Sorry your browser is not supported!

You are using an outdated browser that does not support modern web technologies, in order to use this site please update to a new browser.

Browsers supported include Chrome, FireFox, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer 10+ or Microsoft Edge.

Geek Culture / Mobo upgrade / OS help

Author
Message
BatVink
Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 4th Apr 2003
Location: Gods own County, UK
Posted: 18th Mar 2004 10:59
Link
Anyone able to help with this...

upgraded my mobo and CPU. When I boot, I get the Win 2K Starting Screen, including splash screen, then it goes to "Inaccessible_boot_drive"

I'm guessing the Windows drivers can't read the drive across the new mobo architecture, but I'm hoping someone may have a workaround???

BatVink (formerly StevieVee)
http://facepaint.me.uk/catalog/default.php
Back to top
Profile PM Email
lagmaster
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 26th Aug 2002
Playing:
Posted: 18th Mar 2004 14:14
Link
easiest solution is to reinstall windows.

lagmasteruk - http://www.lagmaster.net is alive! http://www.dbforums.co.uk/ - another db forum!

Dark Snippet Pro V9.2 is out!!
Back to top
Profile PM Email
OSX Using Happy Dude
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 21st Aug 2003
Location: At home
Posted: 18th Mar 2004 14:38
Link
Could be loose/dodgy IDE connectors...


The place for all great plug-ins.
XP3000+,1Gb RAM,FX5600,1Mb ADSL,Router,.Net 2003 Pro & me
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Karlos
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 18th Nov 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 18th Mar 2004 15:18
Link
Ouch - had this before and reinstall was required in the end .

Make sure your drives are in the same positions as before.

W2K writes the boot hard drive serial or something to the registry and if it can't match it it falls over horribly.


Good luck

If it ain't broke - try harder.
XP Pro - Radeon 9000 Mobility- P4 3.0ish
Back to top
Profile PM Website
CattleRustler
Retired Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 8th Aug 2003
Location: case modding at overclock.net
Posted: 18th Mar 2004 16:35
Link
wait, let me get this straight...you're installing a new mobo and trying to just reconnect a hard drive that already has os on it, without a full format and reinstall of the OS?

that could get dodgy, as you are seeing first hand.



Home of the VB.NET Class Builder Utility - Demo available now!
Back to top
Profile PM
BatVink
Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 4th Apr 2003
Location: Gods own County, UK
Posted: 18th Mar 2004 16:40
Link
fixed it...but it was a pain...

Doesn't boot despite all drives being on same IDE connections.
Insert Win 2K bootable CD, take repair option...doesn't work either

Insert Win 2K CD, take new install option, it finds old install and starts a different repair option which is more like an install over the top of the existing one (if that makes sense).

A couple of things toppled it initially, but it works now.

Something else I found that may be of interest...http://www.bootdisk.com has among other things a bootable floppy that allows you to recover data from an NTFS partition. It even bypasses Win 2K security. Sweet.

BatVink (formerly StevieVee)
http://facepaint.me.uk/catalog/default.php
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Back to top

Login to post a reply

Server time is: 2024-11-24 22:44:38
Your offset time is: 2024-11-24 22:44:38