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STOP Message During Setup on Compaq SystemPro

Article ID: 115339

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5

This article was previously published under Q115339

SYMPTOMS

During the installation of Windows NT, when Setup restarts your computer and boots from the hard disk drive, this STOP message appears:

TRAP 0x0000007B
INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE

CAUSE

Some older Compaq SystemPro BIOS's do not properly handle larger hard disk drives.

RESOLUTION

Upgrade the BIOS of your Compaq SystemPro computer.

Additional query words: prodnt blue trap

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