startup error

rhallett · 11-25-2006, 10:15 AM

Hi
I'm hoping you can help me. I have an older rebuilt computer that has Win 2000 Prof on it. I havent' used it in a while and I started it up the other night and was fine... i was setting up an outlook for my daughter and I heard a click and it froze.
I rebooted (having to use the on/off button cause it wouldn't do anything else), and now I keep getting a message as its booting,
STOP..Inaccessible_boot_drive...
check for viruses....
run chkdsk /f....
refer to getting started manual for more info on troubleshooting stop errors.

What do I do?
thank you

Chevy · 01-05-2007, 11:05 AM

You may have a crashed hard drive.

Find out the make/model, and download the diag tools from the manufacturer's website. Generally, the file you download, when run, wil create a floppy disk you boot to to run the checks.

nin881 · 01-08-2007, 08:48 AM

If your couragous then you could find the Win2000 install cd and boot into the recovery console and run the fixboot command. This will rewrite the boot sector.

Thanks,
Tom

11-25-2006, 10:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
rhallett Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1 OS: Win 2000 prof	startup error Hi I'm hoping you can help me. I have an older rebuilt computer that has Win 2000 Prof on it. I havent' used it in a while and I started it up the other night and was fine... i was setting up an outlook for my daughter and I heard a click and it froze. I rebooted (having to use the on/off button cause it wouldn't do anything else), and now I keep getting a message as its booting, STOP..Inaccessible_boot_drive... check for viruses.... run chkdsk /f.... refer to getting started manual for more info on troubleshooting stop errors. What do I do? thank you

01-05-2007, 11:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
Chevy Retired Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Notlob Posts: 5,452 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	You may have a crashed hard drive. Find out the make/model, and download the diag tools from the manufacturer's website. Generally, the file you download, when run, wil create a floppy disk you boot to to run the checks.

01-08-2007, 08:48 AM	#3 (permalink)
nin881 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4 OS: Ubuntu Linux	If your couragous then you could find the Win2000 install cd and boot into the recovery console and run the fixboot command. This will rewrite the boot sector. Thanks, Tom