Help!!!!!! my Acer is doing my head in!

[Craig]

Please could some one help me with this mind stomping problem i seem to be
having.

The Victim a one year old Acer Aspire One.

The Problem, When turning the machine on I am given the option to press
either the F2 (Set Up) or the f12 (Boot Order) button, if i leave the machine
i get the whol black and white 'We apologize for the inconvenience' screen
where i am offered the choice of either,

Safe Mode
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe Mode with Command Prompt
Last Known Good Configuration
Start Windows Normally

When choosing either one of the Safe Mode, Safe Mode with Networking and
Safe Mode with Command Prompt loads of lines of computer talk run through my
scren, after a few second of it doing this good old Blue Screen Of Death pops
and restarts the machine allowing me to start this nast horrible circle of
trouble i am having.
So, Last Known Good Configuration, chose it, next i get the Microsoft
Windows XP loading screen with the blue bar, seconds later guess what? Blue
Screen Of Death and a reboot back to squair one again! this also happens
wheni choose 'Start Windows Normally'.

Question 1: Is there any known way of me totally restoring my laptop back to
day one fresh out of its box without having to be logged on as a user?

and

Question 2: If not does anyone have any Idea of what should do next?

Any help of any kind what so ever would greatly be appreciated.

Than you for taking the time to read this and perhaps helping me with this
problem.

 

[Guest]

Craig,

You should have a CD that came with the machine to restore to the day you
bought it

What is the blue screen code?

 

[Singapore Computer Service]

Hello,

What does the blue screen say? Here's how to make it stay so that you can
post back the error information

Switch on your computer and keep hitting F8 until you get a menu titled
"Windows Advanced Options Menu". If you see the XP loading progress bar, you
missed it and will have to try rebooting again.

If there is only one option in that menu, hit F8 again.

In this menu select 'Disable automatic restart on system failure', Enter,
Enter and you should be able to view the full blue screen error when it
occurs again. Post back the message here and we will be able to help you
better

Note: If there is no 'disable automatic restart..' option, select 'Start
Windows Normally' and *quickly* hit the F8 key for the correct menu to come
out

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[Craig]

Hey guys thanks or helping, the message reads :

UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME
Technical Information: *** STOP: 0x000000ED (0x86384440, 0xc0000040,
0x00000000, 0x00000000)

Hope this helps lol

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Craig, is this your thread, too? =>
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_frm/thread/14ec6912484f1ec9

Are you running WinXP SP3?

<QP>
0x000000ED: UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME
The kernel mode I/O subsystem attempted to mount the boot volume and it
failed. This error also might occur during an upgrade to Win XP on systems
that use higher throughput ATA disks or controllers with incorrect cabling.
In some cases, your system might appear to work normally after you restart.
</QP>
Source: http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm

When you restart your computer or upgrade to Windows XP, you receive the
"STOP 0x000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" error message:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297185

Unmountable Boot Volume
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555302

 

[Craig]

Hi,
No this is the only thread i have at the moment, yes i was running SP3 on my
machine.

 

[Alpha]

Craig,

You should have a CD that came with the machine to restore to the day you
bought it

Oh no you don't. The ASPIRE ONE only comes with an unworkable restore
partition (it does not work). There are no CDs at all, and building one is
complex.