UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME

[Guest]

Alright, So after browsing the net and trolling the forums, I'm unable to
find the answer to my question.

I have a Windows XP Home machine, after a power failure the computer doesn't
want to boot into Windows, it just keeps cycling, so I choose the option to
not automatically restart on failure and notice the unmountable_boot_volume
error message. So I go to microsoft knowledge base and I find this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=297185 Since the computer was working
fine prior to the power failure, I realized that the problem isn't the cable
it was a damaged file system so I followed the steps accordingly. This did
not fix the problem it only made it worse. It looks like all my files are
gone, there's one file left with funky symbols for a name, and is only 104kb.

Is there any hope for me or are all my files gone for good?

Somebody please help.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Dawson" <[email protected]>

| Alright, So after browsing the net and trolling the forums, I'm unable to
| find the answer to my question.
|
| I have a Windows XP Home machine, after a power failure the computer doesn't
| want to boot into Windows, it just keeps cycling, so I choose the option to
| not automatically restart on failure and notice the unmountable_boot_volume
| error message. So I go to microsoft knowledge base and I find this article:
| http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=297185 Since the computer was working
| fine prior to the power failure, I realized that the problem isn't the cable
| it was a damaged file system so I followed the steps accordingly. This did
| not fix the problem it only made it worse. It looks like all my files are
| gone, there's one file left with funky symbols for a name, and is only 104kb.
|
| Is there any hope for me or are all my files gone for good?
|
| Somebody please help.

Go to the hard disk manufacturer's web site and download their diagnostic software
respective to your hard disk. After the test, you will know if the hard disk is bad or
not..

Quantum/Maxtor - PowerMax
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm

Western Digital - Data LifeGuard Tools (DLGDiag)
http://support.wdc.com/download/

Hitachi/IBM - Drive Fitness Test (DFT)
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

Seagate - SeaTools
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/

Fujitsu - Diagnostic Tool
http://www.fcpa.com/download/hard-drives/

Samsung - Disk manager
http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/utilities/shdiag.htm

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Alright, So after browsing the net and trolling the forums, I'm unable to
find the answer to my question.

I have a Windows XP Home machine, after a power failure the computer
doesn't
want to boot into Windows, it just keeps cycling, so I choose the option
to
not automatically restart on failure and notice the
unmountable_boot_volume
error message. So I go to microsoft knowledge base and I find this
article:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=297185 Since the computer was working
fine prior to the power failure, I realized that the problem isn't the
cable
it was a damaged file system so I followed the steps accordingly. This did
not fix the problem it only made it worse. It looks like all my files are
gone, there's one file left with funky symbols for a name, and is only
104kb.

Is there any hope for me or are all my files gone for good?

Somebody please help.

Physically replace the drive and use hte new drive to get yourself a working
system. New 80-gig drives are under CDN$50.

Then you can examine data recovery options for the old drive. You may
try demos of Data Recovery Software, but it's quite possible that you would
need to take the drive to a recovery service, which can cost hundreds to
thousands of dollars.

In any case, writing anything further to that drive is probably not going to
help it or you.

HTH
-pk

 

[thecreator]

Hi Dawson,

Try Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832200002
Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0 - Retail
If your Computer can not be booted up, for it to be installed, then you
can't use the Downloaded program or Demo, but you can run it from the
Installation CD to fix the problem.

 

[HddRecovery]

If the loss of file is occur due to logical failures then you can
employee data recovery software to get back your files.
Download the demo version of Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery
Software, scan your hard drive and see the preview of your lost files.
If the demo doesn't show your files then should go for data recovery
services company.
Download the software: http://www.stellarinfo.com/partition-recovery.htm