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Windows NT 4.0 not booting after disk cloning due to "Inaccessible_Boot_Device" ?
Hi, I'm in a quite desperate situation, I feel like the problem is stupid and quite simple but it's such a mess considering the old hardware and the fact that I'm not sure it's possible to format and reinstall Windows 4.0 from scratch).
I've tried to backup an HDD from a very old PC (a '98 Dell with Windows NT 4.0).
The main HDD is a simple Seagate IDE, so I've connected it to another PC, created an image with Macrium, copied the image to a new drive, and tested it.
Well, the new drive didn't work (gave me an error screen), so I've plugged back the original drive, but the problem is that now the original drive also gives the the same error.
Both drives appear to be working since they behave the same way, they reach the bootloader screen which gives me the option of booting NT 4.0 or NT 4.0 in VGA mode, but after it shows the processor and the RAM available it shows the this error message.
What could be the cause? I'm lost, I did absolutely nothing that I'm aware of to the original drive.
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It is possible that the data or drivers you cloned are not comprehensive enough. You can try cloning again, this time using software that supports sector by sector cloning and using disk cloning instead of partition cloning. Such as Donemax disk clone or Backupper tools.
I did a search using "windows nt 4.0 error 0x808d4b90 inaccessible_boot_device" and found a few tech forum posts and articles that might be of help. I won't post them here as I don't know the rules on posting links. I used Google and all are from page 1.
