RE: STOP: 0x0000007B Inaccessible Boot Device

If the motherboard is the same, and only other components are changing, 
there is a little trick you can use to allow the correct drivers to be 
requested at reboot.  Before you change any hardware, go to the Computer 
Manager MMC and then into the Device Manager (assuming W2K or XP) and 
uninstall all of the devices you will be replacing.  Then shut down the 
computer, replace the devices, and start the computer.  This will prevent 
windows from attempting to load drivers for devices that are not 
physically in the system.

Of course you should back-up your system first.

If you know what to look for, this method can even be used to replace a 
mother board, as long as both motherboards support the same addressing 
methods on the hard drive.


Good Luck,


Keith Blazek
MIS Coordinator



pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 02/09/2004 11:46:06 AM:

> >> This weekend I removed the system board from my PC and 
> >> replaced it with another board/processor combination, memory 
> >> and video card. 
> >
> >It's been my experience that Windows does not tolerate this action
> >lightly.
> 
> I agree with David, but if you are really, really stuck you might 
> try to replace them one at a time.  That is, first, try the video 
> card in the old mobo.  Load the drivers, etc.  Then replace the mobo
> and put the new video card in it.  Try a boot floppy rather than 
> booting from disk.
>   --buck