Problem starting XP

[Russell]

Hi,

After a power cut, tried to restart the computer, and a
black screen is displayed saying that Windows failed to
start successfully. It displays various options such as
Safe Mode and Start Windows Normally (it mentions that if
a power failure occured to choose Start Windows Normally)

I have tried all available options, but no matter what I
choose, XP will not start. Instead, it displays a blue
screen, saying that "A problem has been detected and
Windows has shut down to prevent damage to the computer"
then it says :

UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME

Are there any solutions to this problem? Any help would be
appreciated.... Thanks!

 

[trawin]

It sounds as if your hard drive has gone. A similar
experience happened on my friends computer and he had to
replace his hard drive.

 

[Jerry]

Hi I am having the same exact problem, I have tried all the things you
did and I still can't get it to work, fixboot doesnt work and chkdsk
tells me that it couldnt check the dsk, so let me know if you get it
to work

 

[dev]

Russell said:

After a power cut, tried to restart the computer, and a
black screen is displayed saying that Windows failed to
start successfully. It displays various options such as
Safe Mode and Start Windows Normally (it mentions that if
a power failure occured to choose Start Windows Normally)

I have tried all available options, but no matter what I
choose, XP will not start. Instead, it displays a blue
screen, saying that "A problem has been detected and
Windows has shut down to prevent damage to the computer"
then it says :

UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME

See http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm
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