UNMOUNTABLE BOOT VOLUME

[Guest]

Hi - This week my computer will not boot up and gives me the "unmountable boot volume" blue screen. I have tried all of those options but the blue screen still comes up. I have put my XP installation CD in but the same thing happens again and again. What am I doing wrong. The computer is not booting up from the CD nor will it accept any of the options I select (i.e. safe mode, last know working setting, start Windows normally). We have not added any new software recently....but I cannot get off of these two screens to do anything else. PLEASE HELP!! Thank you,

 

[neil]

Have you gone into the bios and set the cdrom as the boot device before
HDD0.??

Neil

Hi - This week my computer will not boot up and gives me the "unmountable

boot volume" blue screen. I have tried all of those options but the blue
screen still comes up. I have put my XP installation CD in but the same
thing happens again and again. What am I doing wrong. The computer is not
booting up from the CD nor will it accept any of the options I select (i.e.
safe mode, last know working setting, start Windows normally). We have not
added any new software recently....but I cannot get off of these two screens
to do anything else. PLEASE HELP!! Thank you,

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

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 there overlay
software which is not needed anyway.
--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
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Hi - This week my computer will not boot up and gives me the

"unmountable boot volume" blue screen. I have tried all of those
options but the blue screen still comes up. I have put my XP
installation CD in but the same thing happens again and again. What
am I doing wrong. The computer is not booting up from the CD nor will
it accept any of the options I select (i.e. safe mode, last know
working setting, start Windows normally). We have not added any new
software recently....but I cannot get off of these two screens to do
anything else. PLEASE HELP!! Thank you,

 

[dalai66]

-----Original Message-----
Hi - This week my computer will not boot up and gives me

the "unmountable boot volume" blue screen. I have tried
all of those options but the blue screen still comes up.
I have put my XP installation CD in but the same thing
happens again and again. What am I doing wrong. The
computer is not booting up from the CD nor will it accept
any of the options I select (i.e. safe mode, last know
working setting, start Windows normally). We have not
added any new software recently....but I cannot get off of
these two screens to do anything else. PLEASE HELP!!
Thank you,

.I'm having the exact same problem. Have you tried

creating a Windows XP boot disk from the Microsoft site?

 

[Steve C. Ray]

You have a hard drive problem. Either the drive is going bad or you have
poor connections. Check to see that data cable is secure on both ends and
that the power cable is properly connected. If you have a boot floppy, such
as a ME or 98 boot disk, try it to see if the computer will boot to DOS.

 

[Guest]

Hi,
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;297185
should get you back up and running