| Motherboard is the main circuit board, which contains | | | | "STOP 0x0000007B INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE" |
| all the basic circuitry and components of the | | | | IDE controller difference may not let the system to |
| computer system. The main components of | | | | start. In order to resolve this issue, we need to |
| motherboard include memory, BIOS, microprocessor, | | | | check whether the new IDE controller is detecting |
| mass storage device interfaces including hard drive, | | | | the hard drive size as the same as was detected by |
| interconnecting circuitry, expansions slots, serial and | | | | previous IDE controller or not. |
| parallel ports and the controllers which control | | | | - If the new IDE controller is detecting the hard drive |
| peripheral devices. All the chips collectively form | | | | as the same size, we need to carry out in-place |
| chipset. | | | | upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP. |
| An IDE or Integrated Drive Electronics controller is | | | | - However, if the size doesn’t come out to be |
| what acts as an interface between | | | | same, we need to repartition and format the hard |
| motherboard’s bus or data paths and the | | | | drive and then reinstall Windows XP operating |
| computer storage device, such as hard drive. Today, | | | | system. It requires the data to be backed up first to |
| for EIDE or IDE hard drives, IDE controllers are still | | | | avoid Data Recovery requirements. |
| there on the motherboards. | | | | Data that gets lost due to formatting still remains on |
| If the motherboard is replaced in a Windows XP | | | | the hard drive’s data area, if it has not been |
| system, this is needed that the replaced | | | | overwritten. So if the backup has not been taken or |
| motherboard must contain the IDE controller that has | | | | if it fails, Data Recovery Software can recover lost |
| the same chipset as of the earlier used motherboard. | | | | data. These Data Recovery Software use powerful |
| However, if they differ, Windows XP may prompt an | | | | scanning algorithms which examine the failed hard |
| error when you start the computer system after | | | | drive and help extracting the possible lost information. |
| motherboard replacement: | | | | |