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Unmountable Boot Volume

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JBaker4981

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Hey everyone. I am a college student majoring in the IT field and am trying to fix a co-worker's computer. It's a Dell Vostro 1000 for those of you who want to know. BSOD comes up with Unmountable_Boot_Volume. I looked it up and found alot of easy fixs, but I have to go into the recovery console using a Windows startup disk.

The problem is that every Windows disc I have does not give me the option to "repair" the OS so I can go into recovery console to run chkdsk. I then read that the only way to do it is to have a Windows 2000 disk or a Windows xp recovery file (which is setup over 6 floppies and the computer only have a dvd drive).

Can anyone offer some advice please?
 
Don't use the automated repair with F2 but use the manual recovery console that can be selected with R It's at the screen that says "Welcome to Setup"

Here's a visual:


try a chkdsk first to check for file errors then if that doesn't work try a fixboot or fixmbr
 
You can also download the ultimate boot CD and run some drive diagnostic tools that are included in it.
 
lostnkonfused said:
Don't use the automated repair with F2 but use the manual recovery console that can be selected with R It's at the screen that says "Welcome to Setup"

Here's a visual:


try a chkdsk first to check for file errors then if that doesn't work try a fixboot or fixmbr
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Thats the main problem right there. All of the Windows discs I have do not give me that screen. It just bypasses to the screen where I format/reformat partitions.

enginurd said:
You can also download the ultimate boot CD and run some drive diagnostic tools that are included in it.
Click to expand...

I tried using Hiren's boot cd. I can't really get it to work right.
 
If you have more than one drive plugged in, put the windows disk while only having ONE drive connected. It should give you the partition editor.
 
Are you using an OEM xp disc? If so, thats probably why you don't get that screen.

Since Hiren's didn't work, try Ultimate Boot CD or BartPE.
 
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