Startup problem

[Guest]

I have another two year old XP, SP2, Symantac, all up to date. On initial
booting, I get a "Windows did not start successfully...." I have tried all
the options---safe mode, last configuration, etc. All lead to "Unmountable
Boot Volume" message and Windows will not start. No recent hardware or
software additions. This has happened before, but have always been able to
reboot. Not this time after over 20 tries. Solution?

 

[Terry R.]

On 7/5/2007 11:52 AM On a whim, Bill S pounded out on the keyboard

I have another two year old XP, SP2, Symantac, all up to date. On initial
booting, I get a "Windows did not start successfully...." I have tried all
the options---safe mode, last configuration, etc. All lead to "Unmountable
Boot Volume" message and Windows will not start. No recent hardware or
software additions. This has happened before, but have always been able to
reboot. Not this time after over 20 tries. Solution?

Hi Bill,

Check here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555302

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Terry R.

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[Patrick Keenan]

I have another two year old XP, SP2, Symantac, all up to date. On initial
booting, I get a "Windows did not start successfully...." I have tried
all
the options---safe mode, last configuration, etc. All lead to
"Unmountable
Boot Volume" message and Windows will not start. No recent hardware or
software additions. This has happened before, but have always been able
to
reboot. Not this time after over 20 tries. Solution?

This has a number of possible causes, from loose cabling to disk failure.

Often, though, you can fix it by booting with the XP CD to the recovery
console, and running "chkdsk /r".

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555302
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=297185
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000630.htm

if you've got a lot of valuable data that hasn't been backed up, consider
doing data recovery *before* running chkdsk.

HTH
-pk