RE: XP won't boot

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From: Mary (Mary_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/27/04


Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:53:02 -0700

Did you add a new hard drive lately? This message can be caused by using a 40
wire drive cable instead of the newer 80 wire Ultra cable. If you are still
under warranty, call HP. Read this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;297185&Product=winxp
This can also be caused by a damaged file system. You can boot to your Win
XP cd to use the Recovery Console or repair XP. Important--Make sure your cd
drive is first in the boot order in bios.

"Mike" wrote:

> During boot I get a full page error message. Unmountable_Boot_Volume seems to
> stand out. If I try to boot to safe mode I get the same message but when it
> gets to the screen that asks you to select which operating system to boot it
> says Microsoft Windows Whistler Personal. This is suppose to be XP Home. This
> is an HP computer.



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