Inaccessible_boot_device BSOD for no clear reason

penguinattack23 · 09-01-2008, 06:01 PM

While I was sitting on my computer, innocently watching YouTube, my computer froze, completely. I thought "This is abnormal" and got up to restart the computer. After sitting back down and watching it restart, to my horror, I witnessed the infamous Blue Screen of Death/Stop Error screen.

I restarted my computer, like it said; which did not help one bit. It told me to Run Chkdsk \F, which I would love to do, if only I could get that far.

I have tried booting up in Safe Mode, and using the Last Known Good Configuration; both of which did not work. I even tried making an MS-DOS start up disk using my mothers laptop which has XP, but could only get so far as a A:\> prompt. After that, I'm stuck.

I can think of no reason why this could have happened, because I haven't made any major changes in a long time. If there is any easy way to resolve this, I would be very grateful to any answers.

Thank you in advance...
~Josh

Krrose27 · 09-01-2008, 09:06 PM

boot into ur bios, and look for the info on the HD, does it have the name/size of the HD or does it not show it? If it dosent ur HD went....

I would sugest buying spinrite before buying a new hd if it looks dead.

penguinattack23 · 09-01-2008, 09:38 PM

Thanks, but I'm not quite so computer smart that I know how to do that. I'd buy the Spinrite, though it sounds like a CD, and my D drive wont open. Hopefully my friend can come up from Buffalo in a couple weeks and fix everything.

09-01-2008, 06:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
penguinattack23 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2 OS: windows 2000	Inaccessible_boot_device BSOD for no clear reason While I was sitting on my computer, innocently watching YouTube, my computer froze, completely. I thought "This is abnormal" and got up to restart the computer. After sitting back down and watching it restart, to my horror, I witnessed the infamous Blue Screen of Death/Stop Error screen. I restarted my computer, like it said; which did not help one bit. It told me to Run Chkdsk \F, which I would love to do, if only I could get that far. I have tried booting up in Safe Mode, and using the Last Known Good Configuration; both of which did not work. I even tried making an MS-DOS start up disk using my mothers laptop which has XP, but could only get so far as a A:\> prompt. After that, I'm stuck. I can think of no reason why this could have happened, because I haven't made any major changes in a long time. If there is any easy way to resolve this, I would be very grateful to any answers. Thank you in advance... ~Josh

09-01-2008, 09:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
Krrose27 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 38 OS: Serv 03 R2 SP2, Mac Os X 10.5.4, XP Pro SP2, XP Home SP2, Ubuntu	Re: Inaccessible_boot_device BSOD for no clear reason boot into ur bios, and look for the info on the HD, does it have the name/size of the HD or does it not show it? If it dosent ur HD went.... I would sugest buying spinrite before buying a new hd if it looks dead.

09-01-2008, 09:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
penguinattack23 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2 OS: windows 2000	Re: Inaccessible_boot_device BSOD for no clear reason Thanks, but I'm not quite so computer smart that I know how to do that. I'd buy the Spinrite, though it sounds like a CD, and my D drive wont open. Hopefully my friend can come up from Buffalo in a couple weeks and fix everything.