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Installation failure
Name: moko24 Date: October 20, 2005 at 04:16:42 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: celeron 1.2
Comment:
hi,
i tried to install XP on my old computer (which use to run it without probs)
after the initial install where the xp copies the files and does a reboot, the xp starts to load and than i get a blue screen with the error "unmountable boot drive" (or somthing close)
Name: blackbill Date: October 20, 2005 at 04:44:57 Pacific
Reply:
Bad Clusters?
re-format with the simple tried and true FAT32 format and try scandisk to look for physical errors.
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Response Number 2
Name: Johnw Date: October 20, 2005 at 05:25:01 Pacific
Reply:
"Unmountable Boot Volume" Win XP http://www.techtips4u.com/kb/sw/SW00014.htm When booting up to Win XP you may get a error that reads "Unmountable Boot Volume". This is probably because your boot.ini file is messed up. You can boot to the XP cd and when you see the Welcome to setup press the letter R You will get a dos prompt Then type "chkdsk /p" without the quotes and hit enter When that is done type "fixboot" and hit enter "Y" and enter at the prompt Then type "exit" and hit enter The system will now reboot into Windows
If for some reason that don't work for you, you can boot to the recovery console like above and... Type "chkdsk /r" then enter When done type "exit" and hit enter. This will take longer, but the system should boot back into Windows.
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