coudon,

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The first thing that I would recommend doing is downloading and running the hard drive diagnostics which can quickly pinpoint most drive failures. The hard drive diagnostic utility can be downloaded

After the file is downloaded, run the file and it will create a single bootable diagnostic disk. After this disk is created restart your system with the disk in the drive. This will bring you to an A:\ prompt. At this prompt type in the following:

HDDCT

This will start the hard drive diagnostics running; this should not take more then a few minutes to run.

If you get the message that the “Identity test” failed, this means that the hard drive in your system does not support this version of the diagnostics and we will have to use a different type of diagnostics.

If you get any other failure, the drive may need to be replaced; in this case, please record the error message and contact Dell Technical Support via e-mail for personalized assistance. DELLTalk< http://inside.us.dell.com/tech/css/techref/

If the hard drive test OK and you have not already done so, you may want to post your message in the Software – Windows Forums (pick the appropriate version of Windows), as you are more likely to get responses to software issues in those Forums.

I encountered this same error after upgrading to Win2k and during the driver updates. the hard drive confidence tests were successful except the message "the manufacturers ID can not be found in hddct.dat"

I can access the C: drive in the windows repair console from the W2k upgrade CD but i cant repair it. Should I suspect the bios?

What next?

Coincidentally, when i originally set up this machine on w98 no matter how many times i made a boot disk that start up warning would not go away.

Willis

I have the same problem. Someone formats my new hard drive for me and I brought it home to install and boot, then I have this error.

Starting windows...................
Starting up....... when three quarter is done, it stops for about 30 seconds and a blue screen appears
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***STOP 0X0000007B (0XED41B84C, 0XC0000034, 0X00000000, 0X00000000) INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE

If this the first time you've seen this STOP error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow
these steps:

Check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed hard drives or hard drive controllers. Check your
hard drive to make sure it is properly configured and terminated. Run CHKDSK/F to check for hard drive corruption,
and then restart your computer.

Refer to your Getting Started manual for more information on troubleshooting STOP errors.
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I also downloaded the Dell diagnostics, ran it and it was successful. When I removed the disk from the floppy, boot again, it reads the above message again. I have Windows 2000.

Could someone please help me.

Hi,

     I have exactly the same error msg (.......7b (f88da640, ......34, ...0, .....0) on my 1yr. old Dell 8200 as of two days ago. No safe mode (it begins to list all the system32 drivers then hangs then BSOD), no nothing ....I've tried practically *everything*.  :-(

    Am about to try a "hddct" diagnostic tool, from Dell, this evening as a last resort before I try reinstalling everything. argh!

    Please email me (murray@acm.org) if you come across anything helpful.

Gerry

(I'll never complain again about the odd windoze error msg!)

Hey guys

I had the same problem when I reinstalled Windows 2000.  Turned out to be specific drivers that the hard drive needed during the setup process and a known issue with the type of hard drive I was using.  I looked at my hard drive, got the name and model number, went to the manufacturer's website and downloaded the files I needed to a floppy.  They also had instructions on how to do it and then update it from a floppy disk.

Good luck with it!

I don't have a dell, but I was googling for an answer to this question, as I've run into it myself.

What's curious about it is, I have my hard drive with w2k installed on it with my old computer and it works fine. I try to plug my harddrive into my new computer (new motherboard) and it gives me this error. I plug my harddrive back into the old computer (old motherboard), again it works fine.

So, at least for me, it's not that my harddrive is corrupted or anything.  And it doesn't seem to be a problem with Windows and my harddrive, because it works fine in the old computer. But instead it's some sort of incompatibility of my old harddrive to my new mother board.  Or perhaps windows2k running on my new motherboard?

So whichever is the problem, it's very annoying.  And I wish there was some sort of definitive solution to solve the problem. But I'll try the manufacturer's drivers and hope for the best I guess. (not sure what else one can do) Reformat??

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Message Edited by Queue09 on 03-08-2003 11:09 PM

hi, did you ever manage to resolve this problem?

i seem to be in the same situation (moving the old HD to a new system, encountering the bluescreen stop error)

help would be appreciated

Try using Win2k with service pk 3.  I had this same issue with a D400 and was able to resolve my issue by using this CD. 

Adrain.L.Parker@bakernet.com