UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME

[matt g]

the other day my power suddenly went out for just a few
seconds and ever since then my computer gives me an error
message with some mumbo jumbo stuff and it says
UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME and it makes me shut down
windows. i used the procedure on the windows website
which was downloading a file and then making 6 disks then
running them on my computer which did something like run
the startup thing for windows XP and then i go to the
recovery console and type chkdsk /r at the command prompt
but it asks me where the autochk.exe file is and i have no
idea where that is. also it said that if typing chkdsk /r
doesnt work to type fixboot and everything should be fixed
but that didnt work either. can someone please help me
with my problem?

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Matt;
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

Otherwise go to the website of the hard drive manufacturer and
download their hard drive diagnostics.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
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"matt g" > wrote in message
...
> the other day my power suddenly went out for just a few
> seconds and ever since then my computer gives me an error
> message with some mumbo jumbo stuff and it says
> UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME and it makes me shut down
> windows. i used the procedure on the windows website
> which was downloading a file and then making 6 disks then
> running them on my computer which did something like run
> the startup thing for windows XP and then i go to the
> recovery console and type chkdsk /r at the command prompt
> but it asks me where the autochk.exe file is and i have no
> idea where that is. also it said that if typing chkdsk /r
> doesnt work to type fixboot and everything should be fixed
> but that didnt work either. can someone please help me
> with my problem?

[matt g]

is there any way i could just download the autochk.exe
file?

>-----Original Message-----
>Matt;
>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
>
>Otherwise go to the website of the hard drive
manufacturer and
>download their hard drive diagnostics.
>
>--
>Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/se
tup.asp
>Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.
>
>
>"matt g" > wrote in message
...
>> the other day my power suddenly went out for just a few
>> seconds and ever since then my computer gives me an
error
>> message with some mumbo jumbo stuff and it says
>> UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME and it makes me shut down
>> windows. i used the procedure on the windows website
>> which was downloading a file and then making 6 disks
then
>> running them on my computer which did something like run
>> the startup thing for windows XP and then i go to the
>> recovery console and type chkdsk /r at the command
prompt
>> but it asks me where the autochk.exe file is and i have
no
>> idea where that is. also it said that if typing
chkdsk /r
>> doesnt work to type fixboot and everything should be
fixed
>> but that didnt work either. can someone please help me
>> with my problem?
>
>
>.
>

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

Can you boot the XP CD and run a repair install? Choose install and then
repair the installation it finds.


--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows



"matt g" > wrote in
message ...

> the other day my power suddenly went out for just a few
> seconds and ever since then my computer gives me an error
> message with some mumbo jumbo stuff and it says
> UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME and it makes me shut down
> windows. i used the procedure on the windows website
> which was downloading a file and then making 6 disks then
> running them on my computer which did something like run
> the startup thing for windows XP and then i go to the
> recovery console and type chkdsk /r at the command prompt
> but it asks me where the autochk.exe file is and i have no
> idea where that is. also it said that if typing chkdsk /r
> doesnt work to type fixboot and everything should be fixed
> but that didnt work either. can someone please help me
> with my problem?

[matt g]

ill try that. thanks.
>-----Original Message-----
>Can you boot the XP CD and run a repair install? Choose
install and then
>repair the installation it finds.
>
>
>--
>Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
>
>
>
>"matt g" > wrote in
>message ...
>
>> the other day my power suddenly went out for just a few
>> seconds and ever since then my computer gives me an
error
>> message with some mumbo jumbo stuff and it says
>> UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME and it makes me shut down
>> windows. i used the procedure on the windows website
>> which was downloading a file and then making 6 disks
then
>> running them on my computer which did something like run
>> the startup thing for windows XP and then i go to the
>> recovery console and type chkdsk /r at the command
prompt
>> but it asks me where the autochk.exe file is and i have
no
>> idea where that is. also it said that if typing
chkdsk /r
>> doesnt work to type fixboot and everything should be
fixed
>> but that didnt work either. can someone please help me
>> with my problem?
>
>.
>

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

I forgot to mention that this error can be specific to certain vendor
models, so you may also want to search their web site for instructions
specific to your model of computer. You'll still likely need to repair,
but they may have some suggestions to avoid this happening again.

--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows



"matt g" > wrote in
message ...
> ill try that. thanks.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Can you boot the XP CD and run a repair install? Choose
> install and then
> >repair the installation it finds.