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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[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

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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If you must post identical messages in more than one newsgroup please
crosspost, i.e. please place all of the newsgroups in the Newsgroup field of
one message, separated by commas. That way when someone reads the message
in one newsgroup it will be marked as read in all of them. In addition, an
answer posted in one newsgroup will generally show up in all of them.

This is usually not necessary since most of those who answer posts read
more than one newsgroup.

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Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/security/protect/default.aspx
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

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[Ron Martell]

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

Did you use the /R parameter when you ran CHKDSK? If not then boot
back to the recovery console and this time try the command:

CHKDSK C: /R

and see if that will resolve the problem. It should work, especially
if the second parameter following the STOP code is 0xC0000032


Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
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[p.mc]

I'm afraid its curtains for that HDD I done a diagnostics and it was toast.
Anyway I've been trying to install a SATA HDD at the moment, check out
"microsoft.public.windowsxp.general" same subject, if you want a laugh.

Thanks for the reply Ron

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