Re: HELP -Unmountable Boot
From: =========== P7P =========== (abc_at_abc.com)
Date: 08/24/04
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 10:45:09 +0000 (UTC)
Where do you download Memtest from ??
Thanks
p7p
"Stephen Harris" <Stephen_P_Harris@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "=========== P7P ===========" <abc@abc.com> wrote in message
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> > Hello all,
> >
> > 1) I have a problem with my HP laptop, running Windows XP Home Edition.
> >
> > It was not booting into Windows and was ending with Blue screen Error
> > Message:
> > "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME".
> >
> > 2) Microsoft Knowledge Base kbid=297185 said to boot into Recovery
Console
> > using boot floppy or cd and to run CHKDSK /R to try & repair.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > 3) -I managed to run CHKDSK /R 1st time from boot floppies.
> > Recovery reached 25% before it stopped.
> >
> > -I managed to run CHKDSK /R a 2nd time, this time it reached 75%
> > completed,
> > then went back down to 50%, then eventually back up to 63% before it
> > stopped
> > with following Error:
> >
> > "The volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems".
> >
> > -I have run CHKDSK /R 3rd time from Windows XP CD. It does not repair
any
> > further and I get same Error as above:
> >
> > "The volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems".
> >
> > If I try DIR, I get Error:
> >
> > "An error occurred during directory enumeration"
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > 4) In Recovery Console, DISKPART command shows:
> >
> > 28616MB Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on atapi [MBR]
> >
> > --: Partition1 [FAT] 24MB (9MB free)
> >
> > C: Partition2 [Unknown] 28592 MB (28592 free)
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > 5) Looking at Recovery Console commands, I also see there is a FIXMBR
and
> > FIXBOOT command.
> >
> > FIXMBR shows:
> >
> > "This computer appears to have a non standard or invalid master boot
> > record.
> > FIXMBR may damage your partition tables if you proceed, This could cause
> > all
> > the partitions on current hard disk to become inaccessible. If you are
not
> > having problems accessing yor drive, do not continue."
> >
> > -Could FIXMBR, FIXBOOT commands be of any help now or later ??
> >
> > =================================================
> > -What else can I do to to recover my files/data ??
> >
> > -Could FIXMBR, FIXBOOT commands be of any help now or later ??
> >
> > -Would installing 2nd instance of Windows XP maintain old file system
> > allowing me to recover files/data ??
> >
> > -Are there any other tools I can use to recover/access the data ??
> > =================================================
> > Many thanks
> > p7p
> >
> >
>
> Doing the Repair I mentioned first may fix this.
> But then
> sometimes this will happen if your memory is going bad.
> Download memtest and do a thorough test of memory.
> Next, run a hard drive diagnostic.
>
>
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