INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE

[DEL 707]

Got a wierd little problem with my Dell laptop, the hard drive died, so I replaced it and attempted to reinstall, however near the beginning of the win2k professional setup, I get a blue screen with the message.

INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE

I've tried another hard drive but get the same message at the same spot, only other thing Ive tried is a memtest, which it passed.

Any ideas?

 

[DEL 707]

Its a new drive.
I've tried doing it completly blank, I've also tried partitioning it and formating on another machine then sticking it in.

Have you checked/changed the BIOS configuration so that it matches the new disk?

Occasionally the values are fixed at the factory to match the geomatary of the disk and need to be changed.

I checked the bios, but there's no kind of option to change the hard drive, no auto detect, settings etc.