Heres the deal. I have p4 3ghz 1gb ram No floppy drive 200GBWD split into 3 1st partion =main and has OSwin2k 40GBWD using it as storage but it does have win2k on it. It does not affect anything tho ======================== I was defraging my drives, i did C:\ no problems i go ahead and do F(which is a partion off the 200 gb) and about 15min later I get a BSOD saying stop:0x0000007b 0x85e58730 0xc0000102 0x00000000 0x00000000 Inaccessibe boot device Then when i restart after bios does its thing i get INVALID BOOT.INI FILE BOOTING FROM C:\WINNT >windows splash screen>then BSOD Im not sure how to fix this safely. I have win2k sp4 cd. I haven't installed any new hardware or programs. So i dont know why this happened. Running norton AV04 thnx and hope some one can help w/out me destroying my comp

Do you have an emergency reair disk? In any case boot up from the Win 2000 CD and when it gets to the point of asking you if you want to re-install or repair, choose repair. If you have the emergency repair floppy, you'll be prompted to use it. Among other things, an emergency repair disk can replace your boot.ini file with the one that's on the repair disk to get you back up and running. I believe you can try to repair your existing installation, even if you do not have the emergency repair disk. If you installed the Win 2000 Recovery Console when the computer was up and running, that would bail you out now too. Give the repair a shot, even without the ERD if you don't have it. Good Luck Raincheck

As your problem happened while defragging, I'd suggest running chkdsk is a good idea. The boot.ini corruption may just be a filestore problem which chkdsk can sort (especially if you're using NTFS). You can run chkdsk from recovery console:- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;229716 I'd also run fixboot from here (repairs corrupted boot sector). If this does no good, I'd suggest a repair reinstall (NOT a repair) - http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292175&Product=win2000 (you need to start install as if for new installation - it should find your installation & offer to repair it. As you have SP4 CD you'll just lose windows updates since then (so visit windows updates!). It will leave your data, apps & settings intact.

Steve, Just so I can learn something, you said "If this does no good, I'd suggest a repair reinstall (NOT a repair)" I assume you mean not using the Emergency Repair disk? Am I right? I was just curious what the reasoning behind that is. raincheck

hmm i tried going into recovery console and doing a chkdsk but when i get into the console the only OS that i see is from my other HD D and not my main one which is C:\ what should i try?

well I logged in thru D:\ and i did chkdsk /p/r and it seemed to fix my problems. Thnx alot guys. Saved me from reinstalling 2k :)