win XP unmountable-boot-volume

[Mark]

I can not get windows to load computer hanges up
tried to start in safe mode will not let me
all things i tried take me to blue screen saying

unmountable-boot-volume any ideals.

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

The error message usually indicates one of two things:

1) Boot.ini is corrupt

2) You are using a 40 pin controller cable where you should be using an =
80 pin cable

For the former, boot the Recovery Console and run bootcfg /rebuild from =
the command prompt. See:

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP [Q307654]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3D307654

For the latter, replace the cable with the correct one.

--=20
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x - =
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone -
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Mark" > wrote in message =
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> I can not get windows to load computer hanges up
> tried to start in safe mode will not let me=20
> all things i tried take me to blue screen saying
>=20
> unmountable-boot-volume any ideals.

[jani]

"Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers" > wrote in message >...
> Hi,
>
> The error message usually indicates one of two things:
>
> 1) Boot.ini is corrupt
>
> 2) You are using a 40 pin controller cable where you should be using an
> 80 pin cable
>
> For the former, boot the Recovery Console and run bootcfg /rebuild from
> the command prompt. See:
>
> HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP [Q307654]
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654
>
> For the latter, replace the cable with the correct one.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x -
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone -
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Mark" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I can not get windows to load computer hanges up
> > tried to start in safe mode will not let me
> > all things i tried take me to blue screen saying
> >
> > unmountable-boot-volume any ideals.

---->>enter your system bios and change the boot sequence,make it to
boot using your cd rom drive (atapi or ide cdrom drive).save the
changes and before you exit bios put in your winxp cd in your primary
cdrom.this should let you enter to windows setup.at the welcome screen
press R to repair using recovery console.type in number 1 at the
prompt where it asks which windows you want to log onto.press enter if
it asks for an administrator password.this should take you to a
c:>windows prompt, from there type in CHKDSK /R.after this is
done,type in EXIT at the same prompt.

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

I'm too old to have any ideals, but in addition to the other good
advice, check your computer vendor web site tech support area to see if
there is an update for your computer that fixes this and disable write
caching on your hard drive until you get a fix.

--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows


"Mark" > wrote in
message ...

> I can not get windows to load computer hanges up
> tried to start in safe mode will not let me
> all things i tried take me to blue screen saying
>
> unmountable-boot-volume any ideals.

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Running chkdsk /r will not fix this type of error. Boot.ini will need to =
be rebuilt if corrupt, or edited directly to fix it (if it has a wrong =
value in place for say rdisk or partition). Chkdsk will not fix a =
problem with using the cable either, nor the write caching mentioned by =
Kent.

--=20
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x - =
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone -
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"jani" > wrote in message =
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> "Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers" > wrote in message =
>...
> > Hi,
> >=20
> > The error message usually indicates one of two things:
> >=20
> > 1) Boot.ini is corrupt
> >=20
> > 2) You are using a 40 pin controller cable where you should be using =
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> > 80 pin cable
> >=20
> > For the former, boot the Recovery Console and run bootcfg /rebuild =
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> > the command prompt. See:
> >=20
> > HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP [Q307654]
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3D307654
> >=20
> > For the latter, replace the cable with the correct one.
> >=20
> > --=20
> > Best of Luck,
> >=20
> > Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x -=20
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone -
> > www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
> >=20
> > "Mark" > wrote in message=20
> > ...
> > > I can not get windows to load computer hanges up
> > > tried to start in safe mode will not let me=20
> > > all things i tried take me to blue screen saying
> > >=20
> > > unmountable-boot-volume any ideals.
>=20
> ---->>enter your system bios and change the boot sequence,make it to
> boot using your cd rom drive (atapi or ide cdrom drive).save the
> changes and before you exit bios put in your winxp cd in your primary
> cdrom.this should let you enter to windows setup.at the welcome screen
> press R to repair using recovery console.type in number 1 at the
> prompt where it asks which windows you want to log onto.press enter if
> it asks for an administrator password.this should take you to a
> c:>windows prompt, from there type in CHKDSK /R.after this is
> done,type in EXIT at the same prompt.