HI GUYS! I GOT THIS PROBLEM. WHEN I START WINDOWS XP,THE LITTLE BLUE BAR STARTS TO CHARGE THEN I GET THIS MESSAGE ERROR: "A PROBLEM HAS BEEN DETECTED AND WINDOWS HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER." UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEA WHATS WRONG... THANKS
It sounds to me like your windows has become corrupted, try booting from the windows cd and try running the repair function, if that does not help you may need to format the hdd, what were you doing the last time it worked did you install anything and what anti-virus protection were you using, it could be a virus.
THX P4, Iv,e tried booting from the cd but when its reading the cd it stops. what do i write at the A:> prompt? thankyou
i got this message once and the only thing i cound do was reinstall windows it wouldnt let me repair when mine did this i had a virus and it did something to my boot sector so only thing to do is reinstall
i'm trying to install,it reads the cd and then its promting me for a command and i dont know what to write. i done reinstalls before but never seen this.
see if you can see the info on the drive as it might be gone. also did you do a search as i think this was talked about a few months ago
When you get to the command prompt, try typing in "fixboot" (without the quotation marks), and see what happens. If something continues in any way, it is a good thing. Shut down the computer, after it is done, turn it on, and see if it boots up. Edit: fixboot should be typed in, when you get to the Repair option, the first time. I don't know how you are getting an a: prompt, but you should be getting a C: prompt, if you get to the Repair option when trying to repair from the XP disk. To do this, you have to set your CD or DVD drive as the first boot option, in your BIOS.
thx grandpa for the reply. I am not getting anything when i type fixboot...but when i type "fdisk" i get options to 1 create partition 2 delete partition 3 select bootable partition 4 re write master boot record ,but whenever i select any of these options it tells me it can not be done in standard mode. when i try to create a partition it says there is not enough space. my bios are set to boot from the cd rom also. this is driving me crazy!!!!
You should not be getting an a: prompt, if you have the XP CD in your drive. Did you hit any key when, during boot, you were prompted to hit a key, if you want to boot from the CD?
as i said before ive clean installed a lot of times and never seen this. this is how it appears on the screen- caldera DR-DOS 7.03 copywright(c) 1998 caldera, inc. all rights resevered. [DR-DOS] A:\> Im totaly lost here any body got any ideas?
You didn't answer my question. What you have showing makes me think that you have a floppy in your A: drive.
Boot off XP CD. When booted hit R for recovery console. This will bring you to a DOS prompt looking thing. It may or may not ask which Windows you want to log into. If it does type the number that is listed (usually 1) Then it will ask for a password. if you do not have an admin password just hit enter. Again this may or may not happen. When you get to the prompt simply type chkdsk /r Then enter. Now go to lunch as it will take a very long time to finish. Once done you should be all set. Here is a link that may help according to the exact error you are getting. http://support.microsoft.com/search...1033&query=UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME+&x=12&y=13 . It pretty much tells you what I just did. Ive delt with this error many times and this way usually fixes it. Good luck -Del
I had the same problem with my wives computer. Look here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;297185 Just replace your 40 wire ide cable from your hard drive with a 80 wire cable. Thats all I did on her computer and have had no problems since.. This is from the URl above: SYMPTOMS When you first restart your computer during the upgrade to Windows XP or when you start Windows XP, you may receive the following error message, where aaaaaaaa, bbbbbbbb, cccccccc, and dddddddd are hexadecimal numbers that may vary: STOP 0x000000ED (0xaaaaaaaa,0xbbbbbbbb,0xcccccccc,0xdddddddd) UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME NOTE: If you receive this error message when you restart the computer for the first time during an upgrade to Windows XP, your original operating system still works correctly. In some cases, a message appears on the BIOS report screen that states that the wrong cable is in use, but you may not see this message on computers that have a fast startup time. Back to the top Back to the top CAUSE This behavior can occur if either of the following conditions is true: • Your computer uses an Ultra Direct Memory Access (UDMA) hard disk controller, and the following conditions are true: • You use a standard 40-wire connector cable to connect the UDMA drive to the controller instead of the required 80-wire, 40-pin cable. • The basic input/output system (BIOS) settings are configured to force the faster UDMA modes. • The file system is damaged and cannot be mounted. Hope this helps.
thx everyone for the help! I finally did it but have windows me . I used the original- windows me-cd the pc had been upgraded to xp but was crashing all the time,which makes me think the problem lies with the idle cable(thx hogan) I will look into when i have the time and post results. thanks again every1
Your best bet is to get someone who knows about computers to help you. If your computer has XP on it, the ME disk isn't going to help you cure your problem.
