Re: unmountable boot volume

Tech-Archive recommends: Repair Windows Errors & Optimize Windows Performance

From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 07/01/04


Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 20:37:42 -0600

Power off
Desktop:...Open the case and reseat the hard drive IDE ribbon cable at
both ends.
Laptop:... simply remove and reinsert the hard drive.
If that fails:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=297185
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315403

Otherwise go to the website of the hard drive manufacturer and
download their hard drive diagnostics.

Do you have a hard drive overlay such as Max Blast?
Windows XP sometimes has issues with overlay software.
You may need to perform a Clean Installation without their overlay
software which is not needed anyway.

-- 
Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
"Satchmo" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:23e9601c45f12$39345ec0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> My computer had been acting funky, so I installed Ad-
> Aware, to see if I could clear out the spyware. Well, it
> stalls after 44 pieces found. I tried to ignore that, and
> now my computer wont even load XP, I just get a blue
> error page, saying that if XP loads, fatal damage will
> occur, due to unmountable boot volume. I tried
> troubleshooting, but I can't get XP to load from disc (I
> even tried to load Win98 from floppy, and that  didn't
> work either)Safe mode and Last good config don't work
> either...any ideas?!?!?


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