RE: STOP: 0x0000007B Inaccessible Boot Device

Thanks to everyone for their input.  I have a 3-day weekend coming up.  Looks 
like I'm booked re-installing the OS and software.

Rick

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> Behalf Of Jones, John (US)
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 7:53 PM
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> 
> And of that doesn't work, boot off the OS CD (2K or XP) and do a
> recovery/repair.  A couple of comments here:
> http://www.storageforum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3300&highlig
ht=windows
+repair

-----Original Message-----
From: keith@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:keith@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 5:14 PM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: RE: [PCTECH] 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