03-19-2025, 04:00 AM
After unplugging and replunging my computer in windows stopped booting and gave a blue screen for boot device not readable or something along those lines.
After hours of finagling and trying to reinstall only to get the same error even when the drive has been disconnected, I have discovered the BIOS defaults the drive controller to SATA instead of IDE, Windows 2000 NEEDS the IDE selected as the controller in order to function.
If you have the same issue I urge you to check your drive controller in BIOS/UEFI.
After hours of finagling and trying to reinstall only to get the same error even when the drive has been disconnected, I have discovered the BIOS defaults the drive controller to SATA instead of IDE, Windows 2000 NEEDS the IDE selected as the controller in order to function.
If you have the same issue I urge you to check your drive controller in BIOS/UEFI.