Blue screen: Inaccessible_boot_device

[us2001irvine]

// The server tried to boot from W2K server, but it gets a blue screen. The detail info and error messages are as follows:

Green ACP/PCI System
Main processor: Pentium III 933MHZ 2 CPU(s)
Memory Testing: 524288K OK

Primary Sony CDU4811PY0A

Adaptec SCSI card 29160 BIOS v2.57.2
(c) 2000 Adaptec, Inc

Press <CTRL><A> for SCSISelect(TM) Utility!

SCSI ID: 0 Quantum Alatas IV 36 WLS 160
SCSI ID: 1 Quantum Alatas IV 36 WLS 160
SCSI ID: 3 HP C5683A 40

Warning: Drive on SCSI ID: 0 had experience failure prediction threshhold! Please make backup asap. Press any key to continue.

After pressing any key, it tries to boot from W2K server and it gets a blue screen.

*** I can't afford to lose data on all three hard drives ***

What should I do? I appreciate your kind help.

Thanks.

 

[us2001irvine]

Got something from the web:

http://burnabycomputer.com/blscreen.htm

"can be caused by an incorrect driver for a SCSI, RAID, or UDMA IDE controller; incorrect ARC path in the boot.ini; or failed boot device."

 

[Techguy57]

1- Connect this hard drive in another computer to save your files.OK

2_ Try clonning the bad hard disk with a new one. try using GHOST 2003. Good Luck.

 

[us2001irvine]

Thanks, TechGuy57. You are right, though I did not read your message in time.

1. I pull out one SCSI HDD (it is mirrored set), the windows boots up but it asks for directory service. So, I boot to Directory Service Restore Mode success. Unfortunately, the password does not work.

2. So I pull out the SCSI card and 2 SCCI HDD and hook it up to another PC to boot from that PC's IDE hard drive. Then I was able to reconfigure the SCSI HDD and copy the data.

3. Next it is to rebuild the server and put the data back.

Thanks.