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Glen

I cannot start Windows XP. I have the following blue screen message:
unmountable_boot_volume
STOP:0x000000ED (0x8237E608, 0xC000009C, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
Any ideas how I can resolve?
 
Glen said:
I cannot start Windows XP. I have the following blue screen message:
unmountable_boot_volume
STOP:0x000000ED (0x8237E608, 0xC000009C, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
Any ideas how I can resolve?
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Hi,
First, test your Hard Drive health by downloading the Diagnostic tools from
the Hard Drive manufacturer website for your HDD specs, make a bootable
CD/DVD and run the test, it may be the HDD going bad/dying.
Any new hardware/software installed, can you start in Safe Mode or any Mode?.
"STOP 0x000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" Error Message When You Restart
Your Computer or Upgrade to Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297185
Try to perform a check disk by using the recovery console, you will need the
installation media (XP CD):
Try to run the chkdsk /r from the Recovery console and also the Fixmbr:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307654/
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308041
"STOP 0x000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" Error Message When You Restart
Your Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=297185
How to perform Repair/Install of XP:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
Lots of Qs and As, the same as your Issue:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...&pt=&catlist=&dglist=&ptlist=&exp=&sloc=en-us
HTH.
nass
 
Spoke to Dell technical support who diagnosed problem with Hard Drive. New
one on its way. Thanks
 
Thanks Glen for reporting the outcome.

Was the hard drive under warranty and supplied free of charge?

--
Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
I think this just happened to me. I don't have everything backed up, please
tell me I won't lose everything!?!?!? I was on a webpage and it froze and I
shut it down manually and then it wouldn't restart. And it won't restart in
safe mode, I just get the blue screen. It asks me to do things but I don't
get how to do it since it won't let me.
 
If your hard drive died, you have most likely lost everything.

:I think this just happened to me. I don't have everything backed up,
please
: tell me I won't lose everything!?!?!? I was on a webpage and it froze and
I
: shut it down manually and then it wouldn't restart. And it won't restart
in
: safe mode, I just get the blue screen. It asks me to do things but I
don't
: get how to do it since it won't let me.
: --
: Jenee
:
:
: "Gerry" wrote:
:
: > Thanks Glen for reporting the outcome.
: >
: > Was the hard drive under warranty and supplied free of charge?
: >
: > --
: > Regards.
: >
: > Gerry
: > ~~~~
: > FCA
: > Stourport, England
: > Enquire, plan and execute
: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
: >
: >
: >
: > Glen wrote:
: > > Spoke to Dell technical support who diagnosed problem with Hard
: > > Drive. New one on its way. Thanks
: > >
: > > "Gerry" wrote:
: > >
: > >> Glen
: > >>
: > >> Unmountable Boot Volume
: > >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555302
: > >>
: > >> Background information on Stop error code
: > >> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms797142.aspx
: > >>
: > >> Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console
: > >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314058
: > >>
: > >> What is your Windows XP CD as it is described on the face of the CD?
: > >>
: > >> What is your computer make and model? How old is it?
: > >>
: > >>
: > >>
: > >> --
: > >>
: > >>
: > >>
: > >> Hope this helps.
: > >>
: > >> Gerry
: > >> ~~~~
: > >> FCA
: > >> Stourport, England
: > >> Enquire, plan and execute
: > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Glen wrote:
: > >>> I cannot start Windows XP. I have the following blue screen
: > >>> message: unmountable_boot_volume
: > >>> STOP:0x000000ED (0x8237E608, 0xC000009C, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
: > >>> Any ideas how I can resolve?
: >
: >
: >
 
hi, i have the same problem, and i can't get in to the recorery console, it
doesn't give me the message press "r"....bla bla, how can i enter to recovery
console??? thnx for your time

plz excuse my bad english.....
 
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