WP Home Edition Won't Start

[Nancy Michaud]

When I try to cold boot, I get a message that Windows did
not succesfully start.

I've tried starting in safe mode; I just get a blue screen
that says: Problem detected... UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME...
Technical info: ***STOP: OXOOOOOOED (OX8OED2B2O,
OXLOOOOOO6, OX00000000, OXOOOOOOOO).

I've clicked "Last Known Good Configuration"; the progress
bar zips across the bottom of the screen, XP's start page
deploys momentarialy, then the same blue screen as above
deploys.

My Startup Disk is in New York, I'm in Puerto Rico for
another few days and need to access my computer now. Any
chance of downloading the required software (provided it
in fact needs additional software) to a portable zip drive
on a second computer I've got (windows 98) and then
starting my computer from that zip drive?

I appreciate the help!

Regards,

[Walter Clayton]

Sounds like boot.ini was zapped.

Go to http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/ and in the free software section
download editbini. Copy it to 98 bootable diskette, boot the diskette on the
XP machine and use it to check your boot.ini file.

By default, your boot.ini file should look something like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect


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"Nancy Michaud" > wrote in message
...
> When I try to cold boot, I get a message that Windows did
> not succesfully start.
>
> I've tried starting in safe mode; I just get a blue screen
> that says: Problem detected... UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME...
> Technical info: ***STOP: OXOOOOOOED (OX8OED2B2O,
> OXLOOOOOO6, OX00000000, OXOOOOOOOO).
>
> I've clicked "Last Known Good Configuration"; the progress
> bar zips across the bottom of the screen, XP's start page
> deploys momentarialy, then the same blue screen as above
> deploys.
>
> My Startup Disk is in New York, I'm in Puerto Rico for
> another few days and need to access my computer now. Any
> chance of downloading the required software (provided it
> in fact needs additional software) to a portable zip drive
> on a second computer I've got (windows 98) and then
> starting my computer from that zip drive?
>
> I appreciate the help!
>
> Regards,

[Nicholas]

"STOP 0x000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" Error=20
Message When You Restart Your Computer or Upgrade to Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3D297185

Start your PC with XP install disk. Select Repair option. Go to the DOS =
prompt.=20
Type chkdsk /r /p + enter. When check disk is finished, type fixmbr + =
enter.

(You need the XP CD for the repair.....no download files available)

--=20
Nicholas

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"Nancy Michaud" > wrote in message: =20
...

| When I try to cold boot, I get a message that Windows did=20
| not succesfully start.
|=20
| I've tried starting in safe mode; I just get a blue screen=20
| that says: Problem detected... UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME...=20
| Technical info: ***STOP: OXOOOOOOED (OX8OED2B2O,=20
| OXLOOOOOO6, OX00000000, OXOOOOOOOO).
|=20
| I've clicked "Last Known Good Configuration"; the progress=20
| bar zips across the bottom of the screen, XP's start page=20
| deploys momentarialy, then the same blue screen as above=20
| deploys.
|=20
| My Startup Disk is in New York, I'm in Puerto Rico for=20
| another few days and need to access my computer now. Any=20
| chance of downloading the required software (provided it=20
| in fact needs additional software) to a portable zip drive=20
| on a second computer I've got (windows 98) and then=20
| starting my computer from that zip drive?
|=20
| I appreciate the help!
|=20
| Regards,