Windows Xp Problem: Unmountable Boot Volume

September 23rd, 2009, 9:12 pm

ATNO/TW wrote:

Don't press either.
Follow the six steps in these instructions. The pictures show you exactly what you should see.

When you get to step six and are at the command prompt type fixmbr
You'll get a warning. Just accept it and reboot normally.

I think what he is talking about above is that he is not getting the option for the repair console.

He's not getting the options listed to him like what is posted above.

It's totally bypassing this particular option. It's doing the same thing for me, and I can't quite figure it out.

September 24th, 2009, 12:19 am

Yes, sounds like we have the same problem renmar!

October 22nd, 2009, 9:00 am

On this same topic. I have tried CHKDSK but keep getting redirected to SCANDISK, which I ran and no errors were found. However, at the DOS prompt, when I issue the C: DIR command, no directories are showing and only a few files are displaying, one of them being SCANDISK. How come I can't get to my WINDOWS directory. Is it toasted? This is a bit scary. Any suggestions are appreciated.

November 18th, 2009, 12:56 am

Hi nakano

Steps to troubleshoot this kind of problem

1. Boot from the cd
2. On the welcome to the set up Screen press "R"
3. It can show you some options to boot we have to enter that digit which has c:\windows in front of it

example:
1. c:\windows
2. d:\

In this kind of case we have press 1 and hit enter

4. It will prompt you for administrator's password
If you set a password please enter it and hit ENTER after it
OR, If you dont kbnow the password for administrator's account you can try to hit enter without any password (By default it is blank)

5.when you are on c:\windows prompt
type chkdsk /p
It checks the performance and errors on the hard drive
If there are errors after completing the scan it can show you
the volume has one or more errors
OR
the volume appears to have unrecoverable errors

6. If you get "the volume appears to have unrecoverable errors" ther are very less chances that you boot into same operating system back but if you get " the volume has one or more errors" you can try to fix the error

7. To fix the errors type

chkdsk /r

this command will try to fix the errors and when this command completes type

chkdsk /p

again to check if the errors removed and after this type

EXIT

it will reboot your system and try to boot


BEST OF LUCK