Blue Screen

G

Glen

I cannot start Windows XP. I have the following blue screen message:
unmountable_boot_volume
STOP:0x000000ED (0x8237E608, 0xC000009C, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
Any ideas how I can resolve?
 
G

Gerry

N

nass

Glen said:
I cannot start Windows XP. I have the following blue screen message:
unmountable_boot_volume
STOP:0x000000ED (0x8237E608, 0xC000009C, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
Any ideas how I can resolve?

Hi,
First, test your Hard Drive health by downloading the Diagnostic tools from
the Hard Drive manufacturer website for your HDD specs, make a bootable
CD/DVD and run the test, it may be the HDD going bad/dying.
Any new hardware/software installed, can you start in Safe Mode or any Mode?.
"STOP 0x000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" Error Message When You Restart
Your Computer or Upgrade to Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297185
Try to perform a check disk by using the recovery console, you will need the
installation media (XP CD):
Try to run the chkdsk /r from the Recovery console and also the Fixmbr:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307654/
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308041
"STOP 0x000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" Error Message When You Restart
Your Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=297185
How to perform Repair/Install of XP:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
Lots of Qs and As, the same as your Issue:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...&pt=&catlist=&dglist=&ptlist=&exp=&sloc=en-us
HTH.
nass
 
G

Glen

Spoke to Dell technical support who diagnosed problem with Hard Drive. New
one on its way. Thanks
 
G

Gerry

Thanks Glen for reporting the outcome.

Was the hard drive under warranty and supplied free of charge?

--
Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
J

Jenee

I think this just happened to me. I don't have everything backed up, please
tell me I won't lose everything!?!?!? I was on a webpage and it froze and I
shut it down manually and then it wouldn't restart. And it won't restart in
safe mode, I just get the blue screen. It asks me to do things but I don't
get how to do it since it won't let me.
 
T

Tom [Pepper] Willett

If your hard drive died, you have most likely lost everything.

:I think this just happened to me. I don't have everything backed up,
please
: tell me I won't lose everything!?!?!? I was on a webpage and it froze and
I
: shut it down manually and then it wouldn't restart. And it won't restart
in
: safe mode, I just get the blue screen. It asks me to do things but I
don't
: get how to do it since it won't let me.
: --
: Jenee
:
:
: "Gerry" wrote:
:
: > Thanks Glen for reporting the outcome.
: >
: > Was the hard drive under warranty and supplied free of charge?
: >
: > --
: > Regards.
: >
: > Gerry
: > ~~~~
: > FCA
: > Stourport, England
: > Enquire, plan and execute
: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
: >
: >
: >
: > Glen wrote:
: > > Spoke to Dell technical support who diagnosed problem with Hard
: > > Drive. New one on its way. Thanks
: > >
: > > "Gerry" wrote:
: > >
: > >> Glen
: > >>
: > >> Unmountable Boot Volume
: > >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555302
: > >>
: > >> Background information on Stop error code
: > >> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms797142.aspx
: > >>
: > >> Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console
: > >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314058
: > >>
: > >> What is your Windows XP CD as it is described on the face of the CD?
: > >>
: > >> What is your computer make and model? How old is it?
: > >>
: > >>
: > >>
: > >> --
: > >>
: > >>
: > >>
: > >> Hope this helps.
: > >>
: > >> Gerry
: > >> ~~~~
: > >> FCA
: > >> Stourport, England
: > >> Enquire, plan and execute
: > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Glen wrote:
: > >>> I cannot start Windows XP. I have the following blue screen
: > >>> message: unmountable_boot_volume
: > >>> STOP:0x000000ED (0x8237E608, 0xC000009C, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
: > >>> Any ideas how I can resolve?
: >
: >
: >
 
J

julio juñez

hi, i have the same problem, and i can't get in to the recorery console, it
doesn't give me the message press "r"....bla bla, how can i enter to recovery
console??? thnx for your time

plz excuse my bad english.....
 

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