Inaccessible Boot Devise

Hi..Guys
Need help..
Ok..Previously i'am using the following part :
Pentium III 850 / Abit MB / UDMA 66 / And BroadWayCard / Sound Blaster Live.
Using OS WIndows 2000. - it was working fine and very stabil.

I intent to upgare to new m/b / processor to boost up the spped.becuase alot work doing for video.

The new spec : Pentium IV 2.4 GZ , 256 ddr ram / Pentium IV Asus MB P4S533

Then i just transfer my old harddsik to this new pc ..withour do anything..but once it run for windows 2000., the message pop up
"INACCESIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE "
**removes any newly installes harddrive installed or harddisk controller.

Please advise what i need to do..
Do i have to reinstall / repair.

Please advise best answer for my situation.
Main thing i donot want to loose any soft and configuration from my old harddisk...

Please advise.
Raja

 

Problem is that Windows is expecting your old ATA-66 controller, but the new motherboard has an ATA-100 or 133 controller.

This means that when Windows is loading it's also loading the wrong drivers for the HDD controller.

If the new controller is an Intel brand controller (these usually don't require 3rd party drivers) you may be able to fix it by mounting your disk back in the old machine and going to device manager and remove any and all references to HDD's and Controllers, then shutting down the machine, mount the disk back in the new machine, and Windows should load the default drivers at boot time, hopefully giving you access to the system.

If the new controller does need drivers, you might wish to just boot the new machine from the Windows 2000 CD-ROM, and doing an over the top install. See this thread for more info.

Post back if you have more questions.