Guest Clueless about computers Posted November 10, 2007 Posted November 10, 2007 Hi, I have Windows XP Professional (home edition) on my PC. When starting the system all I receive is a blue screen indicating STOP 0x0000007B INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. The message indicates if this is the 1st time this screen apprears restart the computer or run chkdsk/f. (This is the 1st time this screen has appreared!) I cannot get to the desktop or any programme to run a virus check even!. I cannot shut down the PC until I hold down the shut down on the unit for 10 seconds. It also mentions to check for virus or any hardware that has been installed. I have tried starting in safe mode but no luck. The recovery cd does not clean or recover etc. No new hardware/programmes were installed. I would appreciate some help. Thank you.
Guest John John Posted November 10, 2007 Posted November 10, 2007 Re: Inaccessible Boot Device Clueless about computers wrote: > Hi, > I have Windows XP Professional (home edition) on my PC. When starting the > system all I receive is a blue screen indicating STOP 0x0000007B > INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. The message indicates if this is the 1st time this > screen apprears restart the computer or run chkdsk/f. (This is the 1st time > this screen has appreared!) I cannot get to the desktop or any programme to > run a virus check even!. > I cannot shut down the PC until I hold down the shut down on the unit for 10 > seconds. > It also mentions to check for virus or any hardware that has been installed. > I have tried starting in safe mode but no luck. The recovery cd does not > clean or recover etc. No new hardware/programmes were installed. > I would appreciate some help. Thank you. If you cannot boot to the Recovery Console with your Recovery cd go to the Microsoft site and get the Setup boot disks, with these disks you will be able to boot to the Recovery Console. How to obtain Windows XP Setup boot disks http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994 And review this: Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058 And, read here: How to troubleshoot "Stop 0x0000007B" errors in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324103 If the drive controller is not at fault you can try these from the Recovery Console: chkdsk /r fixboot John
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