Re: Power Failure: Cannot boot.

No, there are in the same partion im sure. I just made a new folder in
Windows called Pro when i was installing. So i can get all my files or see
them at least, my Home edition is not listed in my computer. Tried that Check
dsk thing but with an F for fix on startup but it didnt help. About the
options they are
1.Safe Mode
2.Safe Mode with networking
3.Safe Mode with command Promt
4.Last known configuration
I think thats it. Whichever option i choose it just reboots. Safe Mode gets
to a certain Bus file then reboots but most just reboot when i press enter on
them. Ive got some of my games working now however. I installed a new one
which installed DirectX9.c i think and then they all worked?
Thanks

"Ron Martell" wrote:

>
> Does one of the startup options say "disable automatic restart on
> system failure" or words to that effect? If so then you should choose
> that option.
>
> That will most likely just produce a "Blue Screen Of Death" with a
> STOP error message. If it does then the contents of the STOP message,
> including all of the parameters, will be a direct clue as to the
> underlying cause of the problem.
>
> Hopefully when you installed XP Pro you did so in a different hard
> drive partition from where XP Home was installed. If you did this
> then when you boot into XP Pro the XP Home partition will also be
> listed in "My Computer" with a drive letter assigned to it. If that
> is the case then one thing you can try is to open a DOS window (Start
> - Run - CMD) and enter the following command:
>
> CHKDSK (letter assigned to XP Home partition) /R
>
> Assuming that the XP Home partition shows up as drive D: when you boot
> into XP Pro then the command would be:
>
> CHKDSK D: /R
>
> That may fix the problem, as the most common result of incidents such
> as you described is that the hard drive data struture is damaged,
> resulting in an STOP 0x000000ED (UMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME) error.
>
> Good luck
>
>
> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
> --
> Microsoft MVP
> On-Line Help Computer Service
> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>
> In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
> http://aumha.org/alex.htm
>
.

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