RE: unbootable_boot_volume

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Buy a Mac.

"MarcoPolo" wrote:

> Or that I've bothered you long enough and that I should just go away, with
> out any resolution. Well, I'm not sure if you are being facecious or are
> really telling me there are better, more stable operating systems out there.
> I've used Microsoft for a long time, is there no way to recover fromthis? Is
> the hard drive usually the culprit (fried), or is this generally a software
> conflict? What does your experience tell you, is it usual for the
> repair/recovery console to not be able to fix this situation? I'm trying to
> get the data off themachine now, but the network connection will not work.
> ANY help woulld be appreciated!
> Thanks,
> John
>
> "Nate" wrote:
>
> > Yes. Buy a Mac.
> >
> > "MarcoPolo" wrote:
> >
> > > Most of the time? How often do you do this? Are you a glutton for punishment?
> > > I tried all of the above, ended up reinstalling Windows XP over the previous
> > > install. Got most of the way through reinstalling the needed programs after
> > > the OS, then I got the Unmountable Boot Volume again. This time tried allof
> > > teh above suggestions chdsk /r and /p and fixboot. No luck. I'm reinstalling
> > > WinXP again, and willattempt to get my data off before trying fixmbr. After
> > > that, i don't know what ot, buy a Mac?
> > > Any suggestions? Seems I'm hard on hard drive, I've had 5 or 6 on 3-4
> > > different computers in the last couple years. I thought these things would
> > > last longer.
> > > John
> > >
> > >
> > > "Nate" wrote:
> > >
> > > > When you boot from the XP disc and choose "r" for recovery to run chkdsk it
> > > > just checks the drive for bad sectors and repairs them. If you went further
> > > > through the setup process, there is another "r" option that will repair all
> > > > the system files. This process looks like it is reinstalling the OS but it's
> > > > just a repair function. If you forgot the admin password and can't get into
> > > > the recovery console, I'd suggest checking out a utility made by Passware at
> > > > http://www.lostpassword.com
> > > >
> > > > -Nate
> > > >
> > > > "MarcoPolo" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > The darn thing acts like it's just a software conflict, but I can't remember
> > > > > my admin password. I can't get my DOS bootdisk to recognize any drive other
> > > > > than A drive. I don't think it's a hard drive failure problem, bu then again,
> > > > > I've had hard luck on hard drives. The XP disk wants to reinstall an
> > > > > operating system along side the OS it 'sees' already installed. Won't is
> > > > > ususally just overwrite the existing OS?
> > > > >
> > > > > "Nate" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Most of the time this works for me:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Boot off the Windows XP CD-ROM and select "r" at the first screen. When you
> > > > > > get to the command prompt, type "chkdsk /r", then order a pizza and watch all
> > > > > > 3 Godfather movies. Out of the 30 or so times I've seen this problem, it's
> > > > > > only failed once. If this works and a week later it comes back, time for a
> > > > > > new hard drive.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -Nate
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "MarcoPolo" wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > HELP Please?!! I had a system crash and I cannot boot to WinXP Pro. I cannot
> > > > > > > find the ASR disk and cannot get anything to run. Tech Info 0x000000ED
> > > > > > > (0x823D82F8, 0xc0000102, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Cannot boot to safe mode or any other, Seems I can reinstall winXP, but I'm
> > > > > > > not sure that's tehanswer, the disk wants to either setup a new OS sise by
> > > > > > > side or to reformat C drive. I have my data on partitions other than C,
> > > > > > > except my pst file for emails.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Can I download a ASR diskette data?
.

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