Dealing With Boot Sector Virus And Device Driver Problems

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When you upgrade from MS Windows 2000 to Windows XP; any failure in upgrading results in STOP errors. You get error something like

STOP: 0x0000007B (parameter1, parameter2, parameter3, parameter4)
INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE

This error is indicated with setup process getting terminated halfway and after that you are not able to access even the Windows 2000 operating system. As a result access to system is completely lost and your data comes in vain due to non-working operating system on your hard drive. Computer file recovery is suggested during such times to tackle with the situation.

You can also get other error message saying,

Setup has encountered a fatal error that prevents it from continuing.
Contact your product support representative for assistance. The following status will assist them in diagnosing the problem.
(0x4, 0x1, 0, 0)
Setup cannot continue. Power down or reboot your computer now.

When you start your computer, you can get above same messages. This could be irritating every time you start up the ...
... system. When your system reboots during installation process, these errors might crop up. You can try out following things to fix this problem and perform Windows Partition Recovery:

Causes behind these issues

1.Boot Sector Virus - The above STOP error occurs when your system gets infected by boot-sector virus. If you can boot your system, use updated anti-virus software to scan the hard drive and remove the viruses (if any).

2.Device Drive Problems - You may encounter this behavior due to damaged device driver of boot controller, damaged information in Windows registry, and when boot controller is not configured. MS Windows XP needs a mini-port driver for communicating with hard drive controller. You need to replace the damaged driver from Windows XP boot CD.

3.Resource Conflict - The error might also occur due to resource conflict between another controller/SCSI devices and the boot controller. To resolve resource conflict, contact any hardware technician.

Resolution

First of all try removing boot sector virus using antivirus. If it fails to, then repartition the hard drive. You need to repartition and format the hard drive and then reinstall Windows XP. This method removes all the existing Windows hard drive partitions and cause critical partition loss situations. At this point, you deliberately need Computer file recovery software to retrieve lost partitions and stored data as well.

Computer files recovery tool recover all types of computer files that have been deleted, corrupted, damaged or have been inaccessible due to some or other reason. Corruption in FAT and NTFS file systems is considered to be the foremost reason for this mishap to happen. One can try the free evaluation version of computer files recovery software to experience the working features and functions of the software.