[tomdrayson]

Hi, this morning I turned on my computer, and about 1 second after the splash screen appeared, I got a blue screen with the code 0x0000007B - this happens every time, including last know good config and safe mode. I had not installed any new hardware or software since I last booted and everything was fine, with no problems whatsoever.
There was no error message with the code, but I believe it signifies the "INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE" error.
It is a Seagate Barracuda 250GB SATA HDD connected as SATA1 master. There are 2 partitions on this drive, one with Windows Media Centre Edition, and one with XP Pro. I can boot to the XP Pro partition, and I have run chkdsk on the Media Centre partition, with no errors, and I can access all the files on the partition as well.

The boot.ini is correct, but I have tried bootcfg /rebuild and fixboot from the recovery console anyway, and I still cannot boot. I also have a Maxtor SATA drive connected to the "SATA3" port on my motherboard, which appears as SATA3 Slave in the BIOS/CMOS (can't remember which menu). I didn't think SATA could be master/slave but that's what the BIOS says. The other options in the BIOS are SATA2 Master, and SATA4 slave - which should my second HDD connect to - master or slave?

Anyway the other drive is not the issue, because I still get the error when it is completely disconnected. I cannot boot to my Media Centre partition with the drive connected to any of the 4 SATA ports, but I CAN boot from the XP partition.
I am baffled as to why this has suddenly occurred!
Any ideas?
Thanks

Edited by tomdrayson, 29 April 2006 - 12:15 PM.

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I have noticed that when I am in the XP Pro partition (which I will be, until I can get back into Media Centre), I can hear 14 short, quiet beeps in succession, over about 4 seconds, every minute or so - coming from the system somewhere, I can't pinpoint exactly where. Anyone know what this means?

Edited by tomdrayson, 29 April 2006 - 12:16 PM.

[tomdrayson]

I have noticed that when I am in the XP Pro partition (which I will be, until I can get back into Media Centre), I can hear 14 short, quiet beeps in succession, over about 4 seconds, every minute or so - coming from the system somewhere, I can't pinpoint exactly where. Anyone know what this means?

Edited by tomdrayson, 29 April 2006 - 12:16 PM.

[tomdrayson]

The full error code is:
0x0000007B (0xBACE3524, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

[SRX660]

0x0000007B: INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE

Windows lost access to the system partition or boot volume during the startup process. Typical causes: Installing incorrect device drivers when installing or upgrading storage adapter hardware, or a virus.

http://support.micro...=122926&sd=RMVP

SRX660

[tomdrayson]

Hi, thanks for your reply - I have actually looked into this problem quite a lot, I always try to do my own research before asking other people to do it for me! Naturally, the first place I looked was the Microsoft knowledgebase...
I do not have any viruses, including boot viruses (according to Norton Antivirus). Other possible causes listed include IRQ confilcts, corrupt file system or registry, or damaged hardware. But I can boot fine into another partition on the same disk, and access all my files on the problematic partition. Chkdsk found no problems. I am confident that there is no damage/corruption to my disk, which leads me to believe there is another issue causing this error. Any ideas?
Thanks