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Q148132: Swapable Floppy/CD-ROM Components Support on NEC Versa 4050C

Article: Q148132
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 3.50 3.51
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51 
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SUMMARY
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The NEC Versa 4050C computer allows you to inter-exchange or swap between a
floppy disk drive and an IDE CD-ROM drive. Windows NT does not allow you to
start with any media component. For example, you cannot start Windows NT with a
floppy disk drive and then immediately restart your component with a an IDE
CD-ROM drive. A "STOP: 0x0000007B: Inaccessible Boot Device" blue screen appears
if you start with a component that has not been configured in Windows NT.


MORE INFORMATION
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To start Windows NT on the NEC Versa 4050C computer:

1. Configure the following devices to the recommended settings in Control Panel
  Devices. If you start Windows NT with a floppy disk drive as one of your
  hardware components, see Startup for Floppy in the table below. If you start
  Windows NT with a CD-ROM drive as one of your hardware components, see
  Startup for IDE CD-ROM.

Device   Startup for Floppy   Startup for IDE CD-ROM
------   ------------------   ----------------------
ATDISK        BOOT                   SYSTEM
ATAPI         BOOT                   BOOT
FLOPPY        SYSTEM                 SYSTEM

2. Verify that both ATAPI.SYS and ATDISK.SYS reside in the following directory:

  %SystemRoot%\System32\Drivers

  NOTE: Copy the missing file(s) from the Windows NT compact disc to the
  directory mentioned above.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  ARTICLE-ID: Q125933
  TITLE : STOP 0x0000007B: Inaccessible Boot Device After Removing CD-ROM

The NEC products included here are manufactured by NEC Technologies, Inc., a
vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise,
regarding these products' performance or reliability.

Additional query words: 3.50 3.51 boot
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Keywords          :  
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Version           : 3.50 3.51

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