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BlackCrayon · 11-27-2006, 10:05 AM

im running windows 2000. this problem happened after i had installed the newest version of adaware and was running it. the electricity went out as it was running and when i started the computer back up i get this error
STOP

0x0000007B) (0x82B25470, 0xC0000032, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DRIVE

it tells me to check for viruses, run checkdisk but i can't do anything as i can't get past that blue error window. i try running in safe mode via F8, i tried using the 'last known good configuration' but that doesn't work either.

i have some bootdisks i made a while back but im not sure how to use them. i put the first bootdisk in the floppy drive and windows2000 cd in the cd drive when restarting but that either does nothing or doesn't work. i don't have emergency repair disks, nor can i make them i think, as this computer im on now runs windows 98.

it really doesn't make sense to me that the hard drive would just die, could a power surge do that? even then, i have my computer hooked up to a powerbar with surge protection.

how can i fix this??

split_joel · 11-27-2006, 10:08 AM

boot with the windowsdisk and go to recovery mode type fixmbr and fixboot and restart that should fix it, if that does not work, chances are your hard drive is fucked.

Sosa · 11-27-2006, 10:09 AM

try putting in your win2k cd, boot to it, choose the recovery concole option, then try chkdsk /r

We have had that work on computers with that error.

BlackCrayon · 11-27-2006, 10:12 AM

how do i make it boot from the windowsdisk? should it do that automatically if its in the drive?

Sosa · 11-27-2006, 10:29 AM

go into your bios and make sure your cdrom is set to first boot device, then a screen will come up saying press a key to boot from cd. Do that, then goto recovery console

Sosa · 11-27-2006, 10:35 AM

go into your bios and make sure your cdrom is set to first boot device, then a screen will come up saying press a key to boot from cd. Do that, then goto recovery console

BlackCrayon · 11-27-2006, 10:37 AM

i don't even know how to go into my bios. every time i restart all i get is that blue screen. i don't really know much when it comes to fixing computer but i hate taking it in.

Compdoctor · 11-27-2006, 10:41 AM

"i don't even know how to go into my bios"

Depends on the make of system, but in most pressing F2 while booting will take you into bios mode

marketsmart · 11-27-2006, 10:43 AM

not sure but heres a bump to help you

BlackCrayon · 11-27-2006, 10:51 AM

ok, i found bios, got it to restart from the cd. do i have to do anything to go into recovery mode or will a screen eventually come up allowing me to choose it?

BlackCrayon · 11-27-2006, 10:52 AM

so once in the recovery console i should type fixmbr and fixboot?

Sosa · 11-27-2006, 10:59 AM

try those two first, they will go quicker then the option that I said

you will first have to type a admin password, or hit enter if you do no have a password. select you windows install which is usually #1, and then type fixboot and then hit enter, then fix mbr then enter. restart and see if it works. If not, then do the same process and try chkdsk /r

BlackCrayon · 11-27-2006, 11:16 AM

ok, doing fixmbr and fixboot didn't work. they both said they were successfully written but when i restarted i had the same problem. im trying chkdsk /r now, hopefully it works.

BlackCrayon · 11-27-2006, 12:21 PM

im guessing this is supposed to take hours? i notice it will get up to 5% then go to 0% then get up to 9% and go back to 0%. is that normal? thanks for all the help, btw. if nothing else hopefully all info on it can be recovered if this doesn't work. though i would of thought if the HD is fucked then i wouldn't of been able to write a new boot sector on it.

BlackCrayon · 11-27-2006, 01:25 PM

chkdsk worked, thank fuck! though i wonder why did it do that in the first place. is it a sign that my hard drive is dying? could a virus of done that? though i ran norton this morning and it didn't catch anything. thanks so much to everyone who helped, especially sosa, thanks!

11-27-2006, 10:08 AM	#2
split_joel Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,270	boot with the windowsdisk and go to recovery mode type fixmbr and fixboot and restart that should fix it, if that does not work, chances are your hard drive is fucked. __________________ E-mail marketing - Automation Scripting - IP Space AIM: splitjoelp ICQ: 254759453 skype - splitjoelp 702-941-6465

11-27-2006, 10:12 AM	#4
BlackCrayon Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ottawa Posts: 19,631	how do i make it boot from the windowsdisk? should it do that automatically if its in the drive? __________________ you don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day..

11-27-2006, 10:37 AM	#7
BlackCrayon Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ottawa Posts: 19,631	i don't even know how to go into my bios. every time i restart all i get is that blue screen. i don't really know much when it comes to fixing computer but i hate taking it in. __________________ you don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day..

11-27-2006, 10:41 AM	#8
Compdoctor Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: True 3D Content Posts: 1,937	"i don't even know how to go into my bios" Depends on the make of system, but in most pressing F2 while booting will take you into bios mode __________________ Content By Compdoctor- Original 3D Cartoon Work 3D Comics Anime Resource Accepting Toon/Hentai Links

11-27-2006, 10:51 AM	#10
BlackCrayon Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ottawa Posts: 19,631	ok, i found bios, got it to restart from the cd. do i have to do anything to go into recovery mode or will a screen eventually come up allowing me to choose it? __________________ you don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day..

11-27-2006, 10:05 AM	#1
BlackCrayon Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ottawa Posts: 19,631	inaccessable boot drive--Help!! im running windows 2000. this problem happened after i had installed the newest version of adaware and was running it. the electricity went out as it was running and when i started the computer back up i get this error STOP0x0000007B) (0x82B25470, 0xC0000032, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DRIVE it tells me to check for viruses, run checkdisk but i can't do anything as i can't get past that blue error window. i try running in safe mode via F8, i tried using the 'last known good configuration' but that doesn't work either. i have some bootdisks i made a while back but im not sure how to use them. i put the first bootdisk in the floppy drive and windows2000 cd in the cd drive when restarting but that either does nothing or doesn't work. i don't have emergency repair disks, nor can i make them i think, as this computer im on now runs windows 98. it really doesn't make sense to me that the hard drive would just die, could a power surge do that? even then, i have my computer hooked up to a powerbar with surge protection. how can i fix this?? __________________ you don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day..

11-27-2006, 10:09 AM	#3
Sosa In Tushy Land Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Nebraska Posts: 40,149	try putting in your win2k cd, boot to it, choose the recovery concole option, then try chkdsk /r We have had that work on computers with that error.

11-27-2006, 10:29 AM	#5
Sosa In Tushy Land Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Nebraska Posts: 40,149	go into your bios and make sure your cdrom is set to first boot device, then a screen will come up saying press a key to boot from cd. Do that, then goto recovery console

11-27-2006, 10:35 AM	#6
Sosa In Tushy Land Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Nebraska Posts: 40,149	go into your bios and make sure your cdrom is set to first boot device, then a screen will come up saying press a key to boot from cd. Do that, then goto recovery console

11-27-2006, 10:43 AM	#9
marketsmart HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sunnybrook Institution for the Criminally Insane Posts: 20,419	not sure but heres a bump to help you

11-27-2006, 10:52 AM	#11
BlackCrayon Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ottawa Posts: 19,631	so once in the recovery console i should type fixmbr and fixboot? __________________ you don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day.. Last edited by BlackCrayon; 11-27-2006 at 10:53 AM..

11-27-2006, 10:59 AM	#12
Sosa In Tushy Land Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Nebraska Posts: 40,149	try those two first, they will go quicker then the option that I said you will first have to type a admin password, or hit enter if you do no have a password. select you windows install which is usually #1, and then type fixboot and then hit enter, then fix mbr then enter. restart and see if it works. If not, then do the same process and try chkdsk /r

11-27-2006, 11:16 AM	#13
BlackCrayon Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ottawa Posts: 19,631	ok, doing fixmbr and fixboot didn't work. they both said they were successfully written but when i restarted i had the same problem. im trying chkdsk /r now, hopefully it works. __________________ you don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day..

11-27-2006, 12:21 PM	#14
BlackCrayon Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ottawa Posts: 19,631	im guessing this is supposed to take hours? i notice it will get up to 5% then go to 0% then get up to 9% and go back to 0%. is that normal? thanks for all the help, btw. if nothing else hopefully all info on it can be recovered if this doesn't work. though i would of thought if the HD is fucked then i wouldn't of been able to write a new boot sector on it. __________________ you don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day..

11-27-2006, 01:25 PM	#15
BlackCrayon Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ottawa Posts: 19,631	chkdsk worked, thank fuck! though i wonder why did it do that in the first place. is it a sign that my hard drive is dying? could a virus of done that? though i ran norton this morning and it didn't catch anything. thanks so much to everyone who helped, especially sosa, thanks! __________________ you don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day..