unbootable mount volume

[Wisdo]

in windows xp pro, I had this error message (unmountable boot volume). whenever you start up it automatically turns off. its a 40g maxtor .

 

[Wisdo]

has anyone ever seen this??

 

[nertil1]

just hapened to me last week with xp
i think the harddrive crashes so i had to reinstall xp
good luck

 

[TrEpIdAtIoN]

Woh hold up dont format right away.
Do a "chkdsk -r" on your harddrive let it repair everything
then if that doesnt work, do a "fixboot" on the drive.

You have to do all this by booting with WIndows CD and go into repair mode.

 

[cloaked]

actually chkdsk /r

 

[TrEpIdAtIoN]

Won't it just do that same thing?

 

[TrEpIdAtIoN]

doh i just thought of this, if you haven't done anything to drastic (spelling?) unplug and replug in or change your IDE cables that can do it too.

 

[Jason711]

by fixboot he means going into the recovery console