Inaccessible Boot Device bsod when adding zip drive

[trhaviland]

I'm running W2K SP2. I created an image of my hard drive using power quest, then put a larger HD in my computer. I restored the image. After doing this I had to repair my W2K installation from the W2K cd. So now all is working fine. I add an ide 100 MB zip disk and when I started W2K I get the bsod with the message "Inaccessible Boot Device" etc. I disconnect the Zip and all is well. My HD is set as master, the zip is set as slave. Anyone know what's going on??

 

[lanceja]

Have you looked at your BIOS and see what the boot sequence is?

 

[FredWagner]

Also, 100MB Zip drive is an antique - it may not be compatible with the fast IDE bus your boot HD is on. You should put the Zip drive on the IDE bus with your CD-ROM drive, which is a slower device. A 250MB Zip drive might work better too.

Fred Wagner
frwagne@ci.long-beach.ca.us