I have been working on a computer I have tested ram hd and so on but it still will not install windows after first reboot for windows setup it comes up with a blue screen error "Non Mountable boot volume"
View 10 RepliesI haven't fully rebooted in a week or so, mostly hiberating and that works just fine. I rebooted just today and encountered a blue screen of death indicating something about: "BOOT VOLUME UNMOUNTABLE" For the past 6 hours I've been reading all about this and the related problem: "The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable." Apparently my disk got corrupted somehow.
It's apparently not as simple as BOOT.INI being bad as is said to be a common problem. My problem seems very severe in the following way: I actually have another Windows XP installation on the same computer. It still works fine as does linux. However, if I try to access the other partition/drive (called e: in the other windows) then I get: "The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable."
Can someone please tell me if I can use a Windows XP Professional disk to repair a Windows XP Home Edition unmountable boot volume? My sister-in-law's Dell Dimension 8400 is getting that error when she starts the PC. She can't locate the disks that came with the PC and I only have an XP Pro disk. I repaired my laptop using recovery console about a year ago but that is XP Pro also.
View 8 Replies View RelatedOn my xp machine i get an unmountable boot volume error. Which says my boot.ini file may be corrupted. So im attempting to reformat but even with my xp disk in i still get the same error followed by a choice to restore previous settings, and two other choices which all end in a blue screen.Does the hard drive need to be or Is there anyway i can boot up in dos to reformat?
View 3 Replies View RelatedWhen booting up to Windows XP disc, i get an error screen that reads: Unmountable_Boot_Volume The problem is that the error screen appears before I can even get to the Windows Setup Welcome screen. So I can't even perform a recovery console procedure. I don't need the files on my hard drive anymore, I just need the computer working.
View 2 Replies View RelatedHow can I Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media wnidows xp without cd.It is possible.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI haven't installed anything new on my computer but today after having my computer shipped to me via UPS I cut on my computer and where the XP load bar screen was I got: "reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device".Seeing this I knew I went into the BIOS setup and tried to turn the system priority to look at the HDD. Instead I only had the option of the DVD drive and the CD drive.I have no idea how to solve this problem and don't have any of the recovery CD's. I DO NOT WANT TO REFORMAT because like a bad little boy I did not backup my 4 years worth of work.
View 9 Replies View RelatedHave a problem with my PC I got a message that said "Unmountable boot volume"..What is this means?
View 4 Replies View Relatedi am using xp home on an hp pc (therefore no recovery discs). after a blackout, i got the unmountable boot volume blue screen. i have searched the forums, talked to hp and got the same answers. the problem is none of them work.i cannot restart in safe mode or last good configuration. a friend made the 6 xp set up floppy disks for me and theat gets me into the repair and once there, chkdsk does not work. i have tried both /p and /r and both times i get the message: autochk.exe could not be located in either the startup directory or the cdrom drive.type the full path <including drive letter> for the location of autochk.exe
View 6 Replies View Relatedwhen I woke up this morning and booted up the computer, I noticed it kept restarting.So, I pressed F8 at startup and tried don't restart after system failure. I figured out what the it was. It was the blue screen of death telling me I had a Unmountable Boot Volume. I have tried all the other options to restart windows, even prompt doesn't work.
View 13 Replies View RelatedI own a HP Computer (HP Pavilion a630n Desktop PC) whenever I try to boot up my computer I get a error about Unmountable_boot_volume, my computer is running windows XP, I try to bypass this but no matter what I go to it keeps coming up with that error, I try going to safe mode,networking safe mode and the other options I have but it still keeps coming up, How can I get rid of this? Also it comes up as BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death)
View 9 Replies View RelatedI then went to the recovery console after booting from the XP CD and tried chkdsk /p with NO success. I was given a different BSoD with a new error relating to the ntfs.sys file and a stop code of: 0x00000024 (0x001902FE, 0xF78FE905, 0xF78FE600, 0xF7F8E2BD) referencing memory address F6F3E2BD @ F6EF0000.
I then ran the dell utility to check HDD structure and memory and the diagnostics came back clean ... NO errors, NO problems.I tried googling those stop codes, but didn't get anything useful back. I need some help with this please. Would copying a new ntfs.sys file help? I am using Acronis Disk Director Suite 10 to view file system and structure and I can see all the files on the disk from the Acronis CD and have the capability to edit files as well if that is needed. Someone please help ... I NEED to at least get this PC to a bootable state to transfer files off it.
This is what the BSOD tells me when I try to boot up.I can't boot in safe mode or anything.I'm taking it to a tech in a little while but I want to know what to expect when I get there.Is this a lost cause? Or can it be fixed?I'm on a dell dimension desktop 455 Windows XP SP It's about 2 years old.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI am having a problem loading windows xp home edition. When I try to load windows system takes me to a DOS screen that says the system was intruped. Please choose one of the listed. Every choice takes you to a reload of windows xp and back to the same problem Unmountable Boot Volume. I downloaded a boot disk but the system does not let it boot.
View 5 Replies View RelatedBlue screen w/ msg "Unmountable boot volume"Attempted safe mode -no go attempted last known good configuration -no goUsed Windows XP boot disks -attempted torepair Error message said I have no hard disks.
View 1 Replies View RelatedMy son tried to boot up the other day and got the message Sorry windows can't start" unmountable boot volume". I went to Microsoft's web site and followed the directions on running chkdsk and got it to boot. I ran Spybot and Adaware and defragged the drive and rebooted with no problem. Today he got the same message and same problem. I thought the the hard drive might be going bad but it is not making any unusual noise
View 13 Replies View RelatedI have a Dell Inspiron 8200 and today my fabulous friend dropped the sob on the hardwood floor.So now everytime I turn it on I get the FABULOUS blue death screen with this error message: BIOS memory options to shadow and cache.I tried to boot from the CD rom with the Windows disk under F2, but it wouldn't. Instead it gave me the F8 options booted me right out from safe mode and sent me back to the BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!
View 4 Replies View RelatedI'm stumped. Here's the case: I'm trying to install XP, but when I boot from the cd, everything is fine right until the second part of the install ("Press enter to continue installation"). After the preliminary copying of files, I just get a UNMOUNTABLE BOOT DEVICE-error.Here's the full story: I'm running Vista as my primary OS, but as I'm having some trouble with drivers (amazing, right?), I thought, I'd try an install of XP on a different HD. So I tried an install and got the error.I thought, okay, it's Vista messing up. I then unhooked the IDE HDD I was trying to install XP to and tried again, just to rule it out. Got the error again. I then unhooked the SATA drive Vista is on, leaving only the cd-rom and the IDE HDD in the comp. This time I thought it would work without problems, but no, I got the error again! I've tried 3 different IDE drives, 1 at a time of course, but I get the error everytime.
I've tried changing the cables, switch master and slave, looked at every option in the BIOS and used a RAID driver I got off my mobo manufacturers site (I don't see why that would help, as the SATA drive wasn't even used, but I had to try!).I've searched the internet high and low, and sure enough, there's a lot of experince with this error out there, but NONE AT ALL have gotten it during an install.Most solutions claim a chkdsk /r using recovery console might help, but as I can't get to the recovery console, I can't try it through XP... I can still boot Vista without any problems, so I ran a chkdsk /F /R using that, but no errors were found... But I'm starting to rule out the fault being in the HDD - I've simply tried too many different ones for that to be the case!
I have a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 mobo, and I'm starting to think, this might be needing an update, but as there are three different revisions of this mobo, and I can't determine which one mine is, I can't find the correct update.I tried the online updater Gigabyte offers, but it only sugested som minor drivers for my LAN and audio card, which is already working perfectly. I usually manage to fix these problems by searching the net, but this time I'm completely lost! I know this is my first post here, but I really hope, someone is able to help me.
The whole stop error is: 0x000000ED (0x81FDB900, 0xc000009c, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) OK, so far, I got a copy of Windows XP Professional SP2. I have been trying and trying to get this stupid computer to work. I have attempted to access the recovery console, to no avail. If I hit the boot from CD ROM, it takes me to which operating system to start from I have TWO choices, (??) One is titled Windows XP Professional. If I click that one, it goes to windows startup page, then BSOD. If I click the other (it just says "Microsoft Windows"), it goes to c:/>, and any command I enter says Bad command or file name. No matter what else I hit, it goes to the Windows screen next and then to BSOD- unmountable boot volume and the previous stop error. Sometimes if Im really lucky (pfft!), I get a screen that says: To continue current upgrade to XP Professional press Enter To cancel current upgrade and install new version hit F10 Or to exit without installing windows hit F3 I dont think I should install the new copy of the OS because there is stuff on this drive the owner needs, pictures and such, and he wont be able to recover them if I write over them with a new OS, right? (Even though I have already tried hitting enter, it's the only option it will respond to- and it doesn't install the OS anyway).(He was not in the process of upgrading when all this went haywire). The last screen I can get is the one where you can start in safe mode, etc. But all of the options bring me ultimately to the BSOD.
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View 2 Replies View RelatedI have xp professional and my computer had alot of random viruses on it. So I decided to format the hard drive just to start a new. When I go to reinstall windows right before the screen you can pick to repair or install windows I get the blue screen of death.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have a laptop, Sony Vio, and I am getting this error message "Unmountable Boot Volume". It won't boot in safe mode, or last known good...etc, or anything else. I have the restore cd's, but that prompts me to reformat the hard drive and I don't want to do that and lose everything. Back in '99 when I was in school I had the similar problem with my desktop and everyone said I would have to reformat, but my teacher did a few things and brought back the volume without losing anything but of course that was many moons ago.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI am just wondering if there is any way we can fix this unmountable boot volume problem with out using the xp disk. I have tried getting into safe mode with command prompt but we still get the lovely blue screen of death..
Is there any other way to get around it or do I need the disk to do a repair fixboot
I made the dreadful mistake of turning on my computer just to remove a CD and then quickly turning it back off again without properly shutting down. I was shocked on Saturday morning to turn on my Computer and receive the "Unmountable Boot Volume" blue screen. I have tried everything - chkdsk /r, chkdsk, /p and nothing seems to work. I ran a diagnostic test as my computer passed but I can't figure out how to make it boot up again. I think there may be just one little step I must be missing or is there any other alternative that I can try before I have to reinstall Windows all over again???????? In my gut I don't believe there is anything seriously wrong with my computer - just my poor judgement in not shutting down correctly.
View 4 Replies View RelatedMy laptop won't even start windows in safe mode. I have the following blue screen:A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.UNMOUNTABLE _BOOT_PROBLEM then a heap of stuff about checking the installation of any hardware or software. Technical information
***STOP: OXOOOOOOED (Ox8433BDD, OXCOOOOO9C,OXOOOOOOOO, OXOOOOOOOO)
I am getting the unmountable boot volume when trying to boot up my dell computer.It tell me to restart in safe mode it shows a blue screen that says there was an error when iogged off.It says to start in safe mode ,but that dont work i tried everything and it comes back to the blue screen that says to start in blue screen and also says Stop 0x000000ed along with some different codes.I wish I knew what these codes were maybe i'd know what is wrong.Also i cant run the windows disk cause my cd rom don't work it's broke.So i copied it from family's comp. onto floppy disk and i can't get it to run on myy computer it just wont go to the recovery,nor can i figure out how to get into bios.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a Toshiba T9100 laptop, and recently while I was listening to some music with Windows Media Player it suddenly crashed, showing a blue screen with the error description 'Unmountable Boot Volume'. When I try to restart it, a black screen appears saying:We apologize for any inconvienience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI was transfering music and word files from my ipod to my computer when a window popped up saying something like "C" drive does not have room. Continue? I pressed cancel and went into my music files to delet some files to clear room. All of a sudden I encountered the blue screen of death! With error "unmountable boot volume". So far I have tried (without success):-Safe Mode-Last know configuration-chckdsk /r-chckdsk /p"Fixboot" recovery console windowxp this says it is looking for F:minint (when it is supposed to be looking for C:windows)-using harddrive as slave in secondary computer to run recovery majority of files came up as "file is unreadable"do not have a floppy drive so couldnt run the manufacturer utillities off web.
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View 9 Replies View RelatedLast night Windows automatically began to install updates as I was logging off. By the time I realised, I had turned the power supply off the computer had therefore not shut down properly.Tried to swith on today and I get a "Windows did not start successfuly message" with a range of options including safe mode, safe mode with networking, safe mode with command prompt, last known good configuration or start normally. No matter which one I choose, it gets as far as the XP loading screen then reverts back to the "Windows did not start successfully" screen.I therefore did the F8 after the Bios which took me to the advanced options menu. I disabled the auto restart and I get an error Unmountable Boot Volume - error code 0x000000ED.
View 8 Replies View RelatedWhenever i turn on my computer it says Unmountable_boot_volume so after a while of searching around, i found that i needed to use the Recovery Console , but whenever i press the key R to recover it, it says Examining 152587 MB Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on iastor. at the bottom, and it stays like that.
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