I don't know what that means, but it stinks.

first, make sure no floppy or cd are in the drives. second, check the data cable on the back of your hard drive. if that's all good, check the jumper on your harddrive, it's a very small clip surrounded by plastic which slides onto the pins on the back of your hdd. if it's still there, probably good, i doubt it would be in the wrong place if you've been running it recently. when exactly do you get this message?

oh, btw, nobody loves you, either

I don't have a clue, but I hope you get in fixed soon.

An inaccessible boot device stop error can be caused by any of the following and typically associated with an error in the Windows operating system or hardware upgrade. Some common causes could include:

* A boot sector virus

* Corrupt Windows registry

* Upgrading the motherboard in your computer

Not all inaccessible boot device errors are caused by the operating system. Sometimes they may be the result of a physical hard drive crash or damage to the disk drive.

* Moving a boot drive from one computer to another

* Bad or partially connected data cables

* Bad sectors on the hard drive

* Power surge or outage

The most commonly recommended solution to this inaccessible boot device error is to format the hard drive and run a fresh reinstall of the operating system.

There is a problem with this recommendation...You will lose your data! You should only reinstall or format the hard drive if you are absolutely sure you do not need any of the files from it (you can only be sure after you check your backups).

Customers and technicians alike who thought they had backed up or saved their data from a hard drive only to realize that after formatting, there were files that hadn't been saved or weren't included in the backup session.

In most cases, data can be recovered after a hard drive has been formatted or after a fresh install of the operating system has been performed. However, there is always a risk that all of your data may not be recoverable, especially if the drive has been used after the format or reinstall.

mike, you're such a genius

yea mike power surge last week owned my pc hard xD so all i need to do is reinstall XP. seems easy enough.. *goes off to find disc*

give yourself a good half an hour. hope you can find the install key!

Install key is on my tower in a sticker... still havent found the disc though

i'd say reinstall the os. i do that with all my machines every two years...

I say you strike back by destorying all the PC's you come in contact with...