Re: unmountable boot volume

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Most fixes do not apply since it is a new hard drive.
Some have resolved this issue by reseating the IDE cable and also replacing
with an 80 conductor cable.

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"vtxr1300" <cakewalkr7@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I've done a ton of searching and reading, but nothing that seems to fit
> my situation. I had a desktop that is about 3 years old. It worked
> fine for the last 2.5 years. Then I started getting the unmountable
> boot volume error. I've reloaded xp pro numerous times and applied all
> the service packs with no luck. I thought it was the hard drive, but I
> recently switched that drive to a new computer and put a new drive in
> the previous computer that had the error. I loaded a new version of xp
> on the new drive and I get the same error. So, the only difference in
> this computer is the hard drive and the windows installation. I've
> also pulled the memory from the computer and tested with different
> sticks, but I still get it. I found that if I boot into safe mode and
> immediately reboot letting it boot as normal the next time, it works
> fine. Seeing as how it's not the hard drive or the memory, the only
> other thing that I can think of is the mb or cpu. Has anyone seen this
> happen before and know of a fix? Thanks.


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