Stop 0x0000007B Inaccessible Boot Device - but my rescue f..

Please help! I'm suddenly getting a
Stop 0x0000007B Inaccessible Boot Device message - the system brings up
the splash screen, gets halfway, goes two more "blobs" and then
bluescreens with the error.

I've read everything I can:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/122926
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/124550
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=%2Fservicedesks%2Fwebca...%2Fen%2
http://forums.techguy.org/hardware/578976-stop-0x00000007b-0xf78a2528-...0000003

etc etc. Spent about 3 hours on it last night.

The problem is that it appears my rescue floppy is so old, it's not
readable. Pressing "L" at the recovery part says it can't find NT, which
is odd, as it can boot it halfway.

When all is running, for some odd reason, the system looked like this:
c: < fat32, 20GB, spare for backup
e: < NTFS WINNT directory, 20gb

When I try the "C" recovery console, I can't seem to "see" the NTFS
partition. I tried lots of hard drive analysis tools, including some DOS
virus scanners, both of which found nothing. Maxblast found no drive
errors and the advance S.M.A.R.T. test found one error in something
called the "CAH command", but I can't find any reference to this.

All other tools reported the drive and surface as OK.

I've done all the recommended things - moved to PIO, moved to a
different controller, unplugged everything else, tried a 40 wire HDD cable.

As you can see, I've pretty much tried everything - I'm now officially
at my wits end as we did a lot of work on Sat and Sun morning, and of
course, we didn't back up.
Also, to re-install ALL the things all over again would be hell.

So, any help fully appreciated!

multi-posted

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"Jamie Furlong" <nz2k2.RemoveThis@clear.net.nz> wrote in message
news:%23e2GbFjwHHA.4736@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Please help! I'm suddenly getting a
> Stop 0x0000007B Inaccessible Boot Device message - the system brings up
> the splash screen, gets halfway, goes two more "blobs" and then
> bluescreens with the error.
>
> I've read everything I can:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/122926
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/124550
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=%2Fservicedesks%2Fwebca...%2Fen%2
> http://forums.techguy.org/hardware/578976-stop-0x00000007b-0xf78a2528-...0000003
>
> etc etc. Spent about 3 hours on it last night.
>
> The problem is that it appears my rescue floppy is so old, it's not
> readable. Pressing "L" at the recovery part says it can't find NT, which
> is odd, as it can boot it halfway.
>
> When all is running, for some odd reason, the system looked like this:
> c: < fat32, 20GB, spare for backup
> e: < NTFS WINNT directory, 20gb
>
> When I try the "C" recovery console, I can't seem to "see" the NTFS
> partition. I tried lots of hard drive analysis tools, including some DOS
> virus scanners, both of which found nothing. Maxblast found no drive
> errors and the advance S.M.A.R.T. test found one error in something called
> the "CAH command", but I can't find any reference to this.
>
> All other tools reported the drive and surface as OK.
>
> I've done all the recommended things - moved to PIO, moved to a different
> controller, unplugged everything else, tried a 40 wire HDD cable.
>
> As you can see, I've pretty much tried everything - I'm now officially at
> my wits end as we did a lot of work on Sat and Sun morning, and of course,
> we didn't back up.
> Also, to re-install ALL the things all over again would be hell.
>
> So, any help fully appreciated!