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Windows 2000 Boot Problems
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Name: Paul
Date: March 19, 2003 at 14:09:06 Pacific
Subject: Windows 2000 Boot Problems OS: Windows 2000CPU/Ram: P4 2GHz/256 |
Comment: I have a P4 2GHz PC with a intel D845GEBV2 MoBo, Adaptec 19160 controller, 18GB Seagate Cheetah SCSI HDD. I'm running Windows 2000 Pro Service Pack 3. Periodically when I turn on the PC it says something like "Please reboot and choose a valid boot device." If I reboot sometimes it boots windows fine and other times it gives me the same message. Haven't had any luck searching MS or Adaptec sites. Any info would be great.
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Response Number 1
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Name: Kurt
Date: March 19, 2003 at 14:31:01 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Something to watch for. With Adaptec cards, they will post whether or not the BIOS was installed and the drive detected. Keep an eye on this info and note if it shows the hard drive and BIOS installed messages if you get the boot device error.
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Response Number 2
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Name: Haydn
Date: March 20, 2003 at 06:35:33 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Following on from Kurts advice... If the problem is the auto-detection of the scsi drive, then some SCSI cards have an option to spin up the drive sooner/or to wait longer for detection. I'm not sure on the exact option or name, just remember having to do something along the same lines to get a drive working years ago... More than likely there is not an option for this on newer cards... :(
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Response Number 3
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Name: ramon
Date: March 23, 2003 at 20:07:49 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)i cant login to my computer, i change the domain name to work group and the machine name. Now i cant login to my computer. please help me
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