inaccessible_boot_device while installing win2k on dimensopn E520

Question

I am trying to install a win2k OS on a dimension E520. The CD loads fine with all the drivers and other stuffs, when trying to install, it hit a blue screen with the error INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. checking on the dell website says about the USB CDROM that this model is using.   How am I going to install win2k on this machine?

mombodog · Answer

'How am I going to install win2k on this machine?                 Why?         Where exactly does this 2K install fail?   Where did you see this usb cdrom info on the Dell site?  provide a link.

CF1172 · Answer

Hi expert,   Attached is the link about the problem i am facing.   http://support.ap.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/document?docid=F51FC401EA623CBBE030030ABD627F02&c=sg&l=en&s=gen   http://support.ap.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/document?docid=EA5BF5E84B099FE9E030030ABD620E05&c=sg&l=en&s=gen   http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;839210   I tried F12 boot menu and from the menu, one of the boot device named USB CDrom and the other is the SATA hardisk.

mombodog · Answer

Again    'Where Exactly does this 2K install fail?'  Be specific.

mombodog · Answer

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dimE520/en/SM_EN/syssetup.htm#wp1043338  Bios   Ok, thanks. First thing to do is check the Sata Operation in the bios, it should be set to 'Raid Autodetect/ATA', if it is set to 'Raid on', change it. then try the install again. If it is set correctly then follow the instructions below.   You need sata drivers, do a F6 to load them at the very beginning of setup, you will need a floppy drive to do this, it must be connected to the floppy controller on the mobo, a usb floppy will not work.   When you do the F6 to load third party drivers it will request the floppy driver disc to be inserted in drive A:   pop it in and leave it there until setup reboots to start the installation, then remove it.   How to make the disk needed. Go here   and download R130118.exe to a folder of choice, now do not execute the file, but extract the contents with winzip or equal, now here are the files to copy to a floppy diskette. Now you have your driver disc for the F6 routine.  Later in setup you will be asked to choose the proper driver, choose AHCI.

CF1172 · Answer

Installing win2k :   1) Booting from win2k CD 2) Usual text-based menu of win2k. 3) Loading all the neccessary drivers into memory. 4)Message shows 'Setup is starting windows 2000'.... pause, screen turns black like loading something and then blue screen with message shown   *** STOP : 0x0000007B (0xF2463848, 0xC0000034, )x00000000, 0x00000000) INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE

CF1172 · Answer

Hi expert,   It works. Thanks a million. I just change the RAID OPERATION to the autodetect as you suggested.

lunchbox1973 · Answer

Hey, thanks a lot. I had this exact same problem and I was convinced there was a Dell conspiracy to only use the OS the computer shipped with. I tried XP Pro as well as 2K and both of them resulted in this error message. Sorry for the evil thoughts Dell. I switch the RAID option in the bios and that did the trick. Seems like that shouldn't be the default setting. I contacted Dell support about this first and of course they didn't think of this solution (really simple in retrospect) and had me going in a totally different direction. A lot of people are going to run into this, especially business users like me. I bought 3 Dimension E520's because they had a super cheap deal going on the back of the Dell business catalog. As a business customer I'm not going to use XP home of course so I needed install 2K. Dell support better learn this one quick or they're going to have some mad customers.

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