UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME

[p.mc]

Hi

My WinXP Home PC NTFS SP1 has just crashed whilst I was using it. It gave a
blue screen with error: 0X000000ED... (unmountable boot volume)

An hour or so earlier I installed latest drivers for my NVIDIA graphics
card, and also installed TW PGA Tour 2006, it was a cloned copy that didn't
work, I'd also been cleaning out the registry with Registry tune up and
Registry fix.

So after "BSOD" I ran CHKDSK off recovery cd, which informed me I had
unrecoverable sectors or words to that effect, then I ran FIXBOOT which
completed but didn't sort the problem, and I cannot get into safe mode to
remove drivers and game.
I googled but I couldn't see a fix I could apply.

All help would be greatfully appreciated

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Try booting to xp cd,or in youre case access recovery,in recovery type:
CHKDSK C: /R The R tries to fix the bad sectors.If bad sectors are still
present after R,then replace drive.

 

[p.mc]

Try booting to xp cd,or in youre case access recovery,in recovery type:
CHKDSK C: /R The R tries to fix the bad sectors.If bad sectors are still
present after R,then replace drive.

Hi Andrew

I ran CHKDSK C: /R and it stopped at 50% with the message "The volume
appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems"
Would I be able to reformat the drive?


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[Sparda]

Hi

My WinXP Home PC NTFS SP1 has just crashed whilst I was using
it. It gave a
blue screen with error: 0X000000ED... (unmountable boot
volume)

An hour or so earlier I installed latest drivers for my NVIDIA
graphics
card, and also installed TW PGA Tour 2006, it was a cloned
copy that didn't
work, I'd also been cleaning out the registry with Registry
tune up and
Registry fix.

So after "BSOD" I ran CHKDSK off recovery cd, which informed
me I had
unrecoverable sectors or words to that effect, then I ran
FIXBOOT which
completed but didn't sort the problem, and I cannot get into
safe mode to
remove drivers and game.
I googled but I couldn't see a fix I could apply.

All help would be greatfully appreciated

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The blue screen of death with error "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" offten
means there is some thing wrong with the hard drive (either physicly,
or some thing has just corrupted).

Things to check for are:
1. Damaged data cable, try replacing it (either IDE or SATA)
2. S.M.A.R.T. errors/warnings.

Posible fix:
Reinstall windows, but it may not fix the problem, since this is most
likly caused by a physical problem.

 

[p.mc]

The blue screen of death with error "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" offten
means there is some thing wrong with the hard drive (either physicly,
or some thing has just corrupted).

Things to check for are:
1. Damaged data cable, try replacing it (either IDE or SATA)
2. S.M.A.R.T. errors/warnings.

Posible fix:
Reinstall windows, but it may not fix the problem, since this is most
likly caused by a physical problem.

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Hi

I deciced to reformat using the recovery cd, I got to about 15% then I got a
blue screen again stating...

"The problem seems to be caused by the following file: partmgr.sys
DRIVER_UNLOADED_WITHOUT_CANCELLING_PENDING_OPERATIONS"

Stop error: 0X000000CE

Should I bin the HDD or can it live again?
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