From: "Geo" 

when you reboot after an update, always login as administrator, just in
case. If you get the ibd error below then boot the CD and use the command
console to do a chkdsk and fixmbr

Geo.

"Jeff Shultz"  wrote in message
news:pan.2004.10.14.02.29.52.63798{at}shultzinfosystems.com...
> On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 06:08:54 -0500, Geo wrote:
>
> > That error message means you have not run a backup before visiting
windows
> > update. 
> >
> > Geo.
> >
> Tell me about it... I hit Windows Update, "successfully" updated,
> rebooted... and the system is complaining about "inaccessable boot
> device" now.
>
> My wife is gonna kill me if I lose her school stuff - fortunately system
> and data partitions have been kept separate. If the hard drive will
> continue working... it does start booting before going to that screen.
>
> I'm not a happy camper here.
>

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