Installing Windows NT on IBM Thinkpad 755C

 Last reviewed: July 22, 1996
Article ID: Q119892
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

When you install Windows NT on an IBM Thinkpad 755C, the following STOP message may appear as soon as the computer reboots (after the text-setup is complete): 

   STOP: 0x0000007B (0xFF505BA8, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
   INACCESSABLE_BOOT_DEVICE

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you use the CD-ROM installation and then apply the patch IBM755.EXE from the WINNT forum on CompuServe.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, try one of the following:

  • If installing Windows NT from CD-ROM:

    1. Boot to MSDOS and copy the i386 directory from the Windows NT 3.1 CD 

          to an i386 directory on the hard drive.
    2. Copy all of the extracted files from the IBM755.EXE patch to the i386 

          directory on the hard disk drive.
    3. Run WINNT.EXE from the i386 directory on the hard disk drive.

    -or-

  • Install Windows NT from the disk set. For this, first run the batch file included in the patch to copy the necessary files to the Setup floppy disks.

The IBM product discussed here is manufactured by International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

Additional reference words: prodnt 3.10 IBM Thinkpad 755C blue trap
KBCategory: kbhw
KBSubCategory: nthw ntstop

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Last reviewed: July 22, 1996
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