Stop Error 0x000000ED (0x812477a0, 0xc00000032, 0x00000000, 0x00000000

N

Nathan

I keep getting this error when starting up my computer.
It comes up on a blue screen and says unmountable boot
drive. I can't even run the computer in safe mode. Any
suggestions?
 
J

Jupiter Jones [MVP]

Nathan;
Power off
Desktop:...Open the case and reseat the hard drive IDE ribbon cable at
both ends.
Laptop:... simply remove and reinsert the hard drive.
If that fails:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=297185
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315403

Otherwise go to the website of the hard drive manufacturer and
download their hard drive diagnostics.

Do you have a hard drive overlay such as Max Blast?
Windows XP sometimes has issues with overlay software.
You may need to perform a Clean Installation without their overlay
software which is not needed anyway.
 
N

Nathan

-----Original Message-----
I keep getting this error when starting up my computer.
It comes up on a blue screen and says unmountable boot
drive. I can't even run the computer in safe mode. Any
suggestions?
.
Solution:
use the following steps but before that go through whole
text:

Start your computer with the Windows startup disks, or
with the Windows CD-ROM if your computer can start from
the CD-ROM drive.
When the Welcome to Setup screen appears, press R to
select the repair option.
If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot computer, select
the Windows installation that you want to access from the
Recovery Console.
Type the administrator password when you are prompted to
do so.

NOTE: If no administrator password exists, press ENTER.
At the command prompt, on the drive where Windows is
installed, type chkdsk /r, and then press ENTER.
At the command prompt, type exit, and then press ENTER to
restart your computer

Starting the Windows Recovery Console
To start the Windows Recovery Console, use any one of the
following methods:
Start your computer by using the Windows Setup floppy
disks or the Windows CD-ROM. At the "Welcome to Setup"
screen, press F10 or press R to repair, and start the
Windows Recovery Console.
Add the Windows Recovery Console to the Windows Startup
folder by using the Winnt32.exe utility with the /cmdcons
option. This procedure requires approximately 7 megabytes
(MB) of hard disk space on the system partition to hold
the Cmdcons folder and files.
 

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