Re: unmountable_boot_volume
- From: "Phillips" <afn18721@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:38:29 -0500
Sure, you can pick any partition you want at XP install; the FAT partition
migh be an older OS or for backup/imaging purpose... you'll see what's on
it. For 30 days you can test XP on whicever (one at a time)partition you
want.
Michael
"Bob_r" <Bobr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9B3FAC51-E1F9-4B6E-B79F-07693AA0DA0E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> That is right. The two SATA drives are on the machine that will not boot.
> One has 2 partitions (current boot drive) a FAT 39mb (32mb free) and C:
> partition NTFS with 114gb (76.3mb free). The second drive shows one
> partition NTFS with 114gb (110gb free). What is the FAT partition for??
> Would I just be using the NTFS partition on the second drive to load
> windows
> into?? Thanks
>
>
> "Phillips" wrote:
>
>> I understand you have 2 issues: a. unbootable (system)drive, and b.
>> installing a secondary SATA drive.
>>
>> 1. check your SATA cable - wiggle it a little - and see if the boot drive
>> is
>> recognized in BIOS; this might fix it.
>> 2. otherwise, set your secondary drive (the refurbished or whatever) as
>> primary boot drive in BIOS - alternatively, swap the cables or simply
>> install only the second drive (the one w/out files)
>> 3. Install XP on the empty drive - you will probably need the SATA drives
>> floppy at XP install (one way arround is to create a custom XP install CD
>> including the SATA drivers).
>> 4. Install XP normally, then plug in the non-booting drive; as long as it
>> is
>> not assigned as the boot drive, it will be assigned another drive letter;
>> extract whatever file you need or fit its MBR....
>> Michael
>> "Bob_r" <Bobr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:9AF4576E-6A6C-43BE-BDB7-8C5B31B662C5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Thanks for the reply. What I was considering was swapping the two SATA
>> > hard
>> > drives at the motherboard connectors for SATA or just swapping the
>> > cables.
>> > The purpose was to not lose any data files on the original C drive.
>> > Unfortunately the computer did not have a floppy drive. I added an
>> > LS120
>> > super drive after purchase. So do you actually think that swapping the
>> > cables for C & D drive would be bad if I was going to do a complete
>> > install
>> > of XP ??
>> >
>> > "Vanguard" wrote:
>> >
>> >> "Bob_r" <Bob_r@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:7A008118-624C-4FBB-86F9-F00A3B7C1E67@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > Received unmountable_boot_volume error STOP: 0X000000ED (0X8A504900,
>> >> > 0XC0000001, 0X00000000, 0X00000000) message after sudden power
>> >> > shutdown.
>> >> > Ran Recovery Console chkdsk c: /r which completed only 60% then gave
>> >> > "The
>> >> > volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems." What
>> >> > would
>> >> > have caused this? Does this mean there is a bad section to the hard
>> >> > drive?
>> >> > The computer is a Dell 4600 with SATA hard drives. OS was Win XP
>> >> > SP1.
>> >> > I
>> >> > got
>> >> > TestDisk software but how to run it if can only get to DOS prompt
>> >> > from
>> >> > reinstallation cd? Any suggestions appreciated.
>> >> > Bob
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Go to the web site of the manufacturer of your hard drive. They may
>> >> provide
>> >> downloadable diagnostic utilities (that run off a DOS bootable floppy)
>> >> to
>> >> test your drive. You can get images of DOS bootable floppies from
>> >> http://www.bootdisk.com (but you'll need another host, like the one
>> >> you
>> >> used
>> >> to post to these newsgroups, to run their program to lay the image
>> >> onto
>> >> the
>> >> floppy). Some diagnostic tools are also provided as an image where
>> >> you
>> >> run
>> >> their program that lays the image onto a floppy to make it bootable
>> >> and
>> >> run
>> >> their diagnostic program. If TestDisk is something that Dell
>> >> provides,
>> >> you'll have to read their manual or call them on how to use their
>> >> diagnostic
>> >> program. Dell might have help pages at their support site but I'm not
>> >> going
>> >> to create a bogus account just to get into their privatized
>> >> knowledgebase.
>> >>
>> >> The question is if your BIOS supports SATA-connected drives without
>> >> using
>> >> a
>> >> software driver loaded by an OS so that the drive is usable from a DOS
>> >> environment where you won't be loading the SATA driver that you load
>> >> in
>> >> Windows. If you can see your SATA-connected hard drive from a DOS
>> >> prompt
>> >> using a bootable floppy, you can run their diagnostics program; else,
>> >> you
>> >> need to see if there is a DOS-mode SATA driver you can add to
>> >> config.sys
>> >> to
>> >> provide access to the SATA-connected hard drive. I suggest NOT moving
>> >> the
>> >> hard drive from the SATA port to an IDE port if the drive uses a
>> >> SATA-to-IDE
>> >> adapter. The translation geometry used by the SATA controller may not
>> >> match
>> >> what is used by the IDE controller.
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>
.
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