Unmountable Boot Volume

[Mike]

XP is somewhat new to me in the sense that i havent used
it very much but i still have become quite familiar with
it. The other day i had various problems with it running
so i decided a routine format was in order.
As i started everything went to spec as it usually
does except when XP went to boot for the first time after
the format and file copy. I recieved basically a "blue
screen of death" as it was called back in the day; saying
that my computer had an Unmountable Boot Volume.
No matter how i format this drive, it wont seem to go
away. My personal thoughts are that the boot sector is not
being erased and it causing conflicts but i am open to
suggestions.
My email address is , if you
could offer any help what soever please email me with some
tips or hints as to getting this thing under way.

[Jupiter Jones]

Mike;
Power off, open the case and reseat the hard drive IDE ribbon cable at
both ends.
If that fails:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q297185&
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315403

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"Mike" > wrote in message
...
> XP is somewhat new to me in the sense that i havent used
> it very much but i still have become quite familiar with
> it. The other day i had various problems with it running
> so i decided a routine format was in order.
> As i started everything went to spec as it usually
> does except when XP went to boot for the first time after
> the format and file copy. I recieved basically a "blue
> screen of death" as it was called back in the day; saying
> that my computer had an Unmountable Boot Volume.
> No matter how i format this drive, it wont seem to go
> away. My personal thoughts are that the boot sector is not
> being erased and it causing conflicts but i am open to
> suggestions.
> My email address is , if you
> could offer any help what soever please email me with some
> tips or hints as to getting this thing under way.