You might already tried this, but just in case.

first in BIOS, make sure you set the PC boot first from CD, next from SCSI.

and during post, enter SCSI BIOS, and perform a format there, this will make
sure HDD is empty (and also act as a simple HDD test).

now boot from win2k CD and perform installation, after first reboot, enter
BIOS again, and change the PC to boot from SCSI first.

Good luck

Jun Qian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank R. Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 11:43 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Can't re-install w2k -- STOP 0x0000007B; Inaccessible
boot device


> > INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE
>
> Details:
>
> Motherboard:  Abit-ka7 (Athlon processor)
>
> Scsi card: Adaptec 19160
> Hard drive: Seagate Cheetah
> Cd-rom:  External IBM (old, slow, but very robust)
>               Plextor Ultraplex-40
> Floppy:   Teac (standard)
>

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