JAY
December 5th 03, 12:09 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>my e-machine with Windows XP Home edition had a power
>interruption & now we get a message indicating a stop
>error "unmountable_boot_volume". I followed the
>instructions in 310994 to set up Windows XP & also for
the
>recovery console repair. I tried to have the computer
>reboot after giving the command to "fixboot" and/or "fix
>mbr", but the stop error reappears. My last ditch effort
>will be to try a CD Restore, but I know all my files will
>be lost. Any suggestions either for fixing the problem or
>for downloading my existing files without losing them in
>the restore?
>.
>try using the command chkdsk /r to fix the issue from the
recovery console if that doesn't work choose enter after
booting from the XP CD then choose R for repair then do
SP1 to stop it from happening in the future and do the
Windows update after that
>my e-machine with Windows XP Home edition had a power
>interruption & now we get a message indicating a stop
>error "unmountable_boot_volume". I followed the
>instructions in 310994 to set up Windows XP & also for
the
>recovery console repair. I tried to have the computer
>reboot after giving the command to "fixboot" and/or "fix
>mbr", but the stop error reappears. My last ditch effort
>will be to try a CD Restore, but I know all my files will
>be lost. Any suggestions either for fixing the problem or
>for downloading my existing files without losing them in
>the restore?
>.
>try using the command chkdsk /r to fix the issue from the
recovery console if that doesn't work choose enter after
booting from the XP CD then choose R for repair then do
SP1 to stop it from happening in the future and do the
Windows update after that