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Home > Forums > Desktop Software > PC Operating Systems > Microsoft: Windows 2000 Professional Forum

Inaccessible boot device

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dberg35 (IS/IT--Management)

12 Nov 07 11:58

I am getting inaccessible boot device and when I try to run chkdsk /f it won't run. Is there anything else I can run to recover this drive?

Davetoo (IS/IT--Management)

12 Nov 07 12:30

Boot into recovery mode using a W2K CD/disks and try to repair the installation that way.

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wolluf (TechnicalUser)

15 Nov 07 19:04

Where are you running chkdsk /f from? If its inaccessible boot device, presumably not from windows! (unless you've slaved drive to another system)

In recovery console, the equivalent is chkdsk /p.

But if chkdsk is not running at all from wherever you're trying, then you need to run the drive manufacturer's diagnostic utility (most have one on their website). This should tell you if the drive is dead/dying/recoverable & may be able to fix it if it is recoverable.

macten88 (TechnicalUser)

19 Nov 07 8:49

a friend brought his pc over the other day. Every time he went to boot up it would want to run chkdsk. He would hit a key so it would not run. I let it run and it found 5 bad clusters. Then it started blue screening with 'inaccesible boot drive'.

I didn't waste to much time on it. His hardrive was 7 years old and I replaced it with one I bought on sale for $40. Runs like it's brand new now.

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