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Q156833: STOP 0X7B Inaccessible Boot Device When Starting Windows NT

Article: Q156833
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsetup
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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You have a NEC Versa 4000 computer with the following configuration:

- IDE controller-1: IDE hard drive (master) and IDE hard drive (slave)

- IDE controller-2: IDE CD-ROM drive (master/standalone)

When you add the third IDE hard drive as master on the second channel and
reconfigure the CD-ROM drive to be a slave, the following error message will be
displayed:

  STOP 0x0000007B Inaccessible Boot device

The same problem will be noticed with similarly configured systems using
combination IDE disk and IDE CD-ROM drive peripheral devices.


CAUSE
=====

This problem is caused by the Atapi.sys driver not functioning properly in this
configuration.

WORKAROUND
==========

To work around this problem, replace the Atapi.sys driver found in the
%SystemRoot%\System32\Drivers directory with the Atapi.sys driver from Windows
NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 or later.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This
problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3.

Additional query words: ghost

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Keywords          : kbsetup 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version           : winnt:4.0

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