inaccessible_boot_device error win2k pro

[digit100x]

im getting this error during bootup
i am not booting from a scsi HDD
...although i do have one on my system
with an adaptec 2940 controller card.

.....nor do i have an ATA UDMA/66 HDD.
i DO have an ABIT BX6 rev2.0 mobo tho
.....if that makes any diff.

 

[Phantasm66]

A number of things can cause this error, but its most likely a file system error.

Boot from your Windows 2000 CD. Choose not to install but to repair. Choose recovery console. Enter your root password when prompted.

Then issue this command:

chkdsk c: /p

where c: is your system partition with Windows 2000 on it.

 

[digit100x]

.....did that
it finished..& rebooted....
& unfortunately i had started a
new install....& a dialog box comes
up titled "files needed"....asking for
NT5INF.CAT from the Windows 2000
setup CD-ROM........soooooo
since on the intall CD its NT5INF.CA_
i expanded it to NT5INF.CAT & burnt
it onto a CD.....along with the next file
it asks for ..NT5.CAT.....but it wont
accept that file.......wahhhhhhh!!!!!!

 

[digit100x]

.......anybody......????

 

[Phantasm66]

Are you saying that you started a fresh install over the top of an existing one my accident??? Or was this your first attempt at getting Windows 2000 to run??

 

[realcba]

CD Drive error

Check the KB228852 article in the Microsoft support web site

It's seem to be a error from Windows trying to access the CD ROM.