unmountable_boot_volume help!

[paolow]

well, thats what my xp machine says when it goes to BSOD right after the bios screen. it wont even boot from cd. is there anything i can do to make it come alive? bit stuck with this one

[Plotloss]

Check the boot device order in the BIOS

It should be

Floppy
CD-ROM
HDD0

All things being equal.

If this is what its set to and it still wont boot from the CD (which I presume is bootable) then I too am somewhat stuck.

[paolow]

it is
the trouble is that ive got dual boot on that machine which doesnt help. (98 on one hdd and xp on the other).
unfortunately the disks are formatted differently so that the 98 partition cant see the xp side even when it was working.
still get the BSOD on startup. may well be time for some shopping

[GregE240]

What does the BSOD say?

I'm guessing something like "INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE"

???

[paolow]

the answers in the thread title
it comes up with UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME
theres nothing i can do except restart, but, of course that doesnt help!

[GregE240]

Can you not try a repair? All you need are the system files reinstating, and Roberts your fathers brother (unless the HDD has thrown a 7)

[Plotloss]

http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?q=UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search

It might not be terminal, theres lots of chat about it...

[paolow]

cheers for the tips you two, ill have a think tonight and see what i can see in that massive list of links
after i go to the offie