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More info?)
Thanks Dave for the tips.
Well it’s a Presario and I believe the DMA controller is DMA66. It was
bought in Nov99, so I think it’s a DMA66? The ED Drive I bought is DMA100
though. It is WD200BB, an OEM Drive. Is there a specific setting in the
Presario Bios I need to change the DMA mode to? Right now I think its set to
PIO4.
And what I'm wondering, is why does SP4 change the boot.ini, or the OS
Loader?
Hmmmm.... I think to make this a wee bit easier, is to Remove the NIC card;
Install W2k Pro CD Slipstreamed with SP4; and select FAT32. How about NTFS?
Any opinions/comments welcome!
Thanks
"Dave Patrick" wrote:
> You might want to try an integrated install.
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/spdeploy.htm#the_integrated_installation_fmay
>
> You didn't mention the drive controller (possibly SCSI, or ultra DMA, or
> ATA100, or raid, or serial ATA), but you may need to boot the Windows 2000
> setup disks or CD-Rom and *F6* very early and very important (at setup is
> inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive controller detection,
> and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later you'll be prompted to
> insert the manufacturer supplied Windows 2000 driver for your drive's
> controller in drive "A"
>
> If you wait and then S to specify additional drivers, then it may be too
> late as Windows 2000 Setup at this point may have already assigned the
> resources your drive's controller is wanting to use.
>
> You can start Recovery Console and from a command prompt change to the
> %SystemRoot%$NtServicePackuninstall$\spuninst
> directory. Then issue the command
> batch SPuninst.bat
>
> The next step is to start in 'Safe Mode' and uninstall the SP again from
> Control Panel|Add/Remove to finish the uninstall.
>
> To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000
> Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup
> floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD,
> use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks.
> Press ENTER at the "Setup Notification" screen. Press R to repair a Windows
> 2000 installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The
> Recovery Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do
> not have the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the
> computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
> Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the registry is corrupted
> or missing or no valid installations are found, the Recovery Console starts
> in the root of the startup volume without requiring a password. You cannot
> access any folders, but you can carry out commands such as chkdsk, fixboot,
> and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the password has been validated,
> you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access to the hard
> disk. You can only access the following folders on your computer: drive
> root, %systemroot% or %windir%
>
> --
> Regards,
>
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> "Courtney R" wrote:
> | Hello.
> |
> | Did a clean install of W2K Pro on an old Compaq machine. It did its
> thing,
> | then reboot fine. Then installed SP4 Network Install, and it did its
> thing,
> | reboot, then I get a STOP 0x7b Inaccessible Boot Device.
> |
> | Anyone know what might be causing this. The Machine is an older Compaq
> | Presario 5838 with a Athalon SLOT CPU. After the fresh install of W2k
> Pro, I
> | went right to the SP4. Didn't install any drivers or anything like
> Chipset
> | Drivers.
> |
> | It's an AMD 751 Chipset with a Belkin network card as well. If you have
> any
> | ideas, please help!!
> |
> | Thanks
> |
>
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