unmountable boot volume

[Chris]

everytime my computer starts up, it starts loading windows.
Then a blue screen comes up saying unmountable boot
volume. I have done everything that it said to do to fix
it, and it doesn't work. It won't even let me go into
safe mode. How can I fix it? please someone E-mail me.

-chris

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Have you tired the following link to MVP Jim Eshelman's web page:

"0x000000ED: UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME"
http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.php#0xed

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| everytime my computer starts up, it starts loading windows.
| Then a blue screen comes up saying unmountable boot
| volume. I have done everything that it said to do to fix
| it, and it doesn't work. It won't even let me go into
| safe mode. How can I fix it? please someone E-mail me.
|
| -chris

 

[Fritz]

I bet you haven't tried replacing the hard drive yet. That may be the only
way but you can try the recovery console - just boot from the XP CD and
select appropriate options (http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/wxprcons.htm).
Once you get the recovery console prompt, run CHKDSK .

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Chris;
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.