XP Boot Disks - corrupted DMIO.SYS

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warren hayford

Hi,

I have a copy of WindowsXP on an eMachines box that gives
me a blue screen stating UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME. It
suggests that drivers have been changed which make it
unable to start up. It also states that I should disable
any new hardware or software I have installed.

I called eMachines and was told I was out of warranty and
could do 2 things.

1) Re-install from the recovery CDs (I don't want to lose
my data!)

2) go to the following web site and download the program
(WinXP_EN_HOM_BF) that will allow me to build 6 Windows XP
Boot Disks. These when loaded are supposed to give me a
chance of recovery.

WEB SITE
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?
displaylang=en&FamilyID=E8FE6868-6E4F-471C-B455-
BD5AFEE126D8

I tried to execute option 2. I spent two days with bad
dial up connections downloading the program 4 times and
creating the disks four times only to be told each time
worked until the 4th disk. I received an error message
that stated the DMIO.SYS was corrupted.

Help! Does anyone know either where I can get a corrected
version of DMIO.SYS or a good version of the boot up disk
program?

Thanks.

Warren
 
Greetings --

The one time I've encountered a persistent "Corrupted DMIO.SYS"
error, it was caused by a defective motherboard. Turns out the
chipset fan had quit, and the chipset suffered permanent thermal
damage. What specific motherboard do you have, and are all of the
fans working?


Bruce Chambers

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