My laptop tries to boot but really couldn't boot successfully anyhow. I'm using a Fujitsu LifeBook S-Series laptop. It's running on WindowsXP. I have been using it since May 2004. I haven't re-installed XP since then. I was still able to use my laptop on March 16, 2007 from up to 9:58pm. But when I plugged my laptop and then pressed the "power on" key at about 1:00pm of the following day [March 17, 2007], here's what happened. First, my laptop displays a black screen with the following options -Safe Mode -Safe Mode with Networking -Safe Mode with Command Prompt -Last Known Good Configuration -Start Windows Normally I have tried choosing each one of the 5 options above, one at a time, three repetitive times a day. The results were the same. Whenever I choose one of the options at a time, I encounter the Windows XP logo with the moving loading bars, which is subsequently followed by a blue screen saying: "A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer: UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" "If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart your computer." "If this screen appears again, follow these steps:" "Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed." "If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any Windows updates you might need." "If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing." "If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then select Safe Mode." "Technical Information:" "***STOP: 0x000000ED (0x82B4A7E0,0x0000009C,0x00000000,0x00000000)" This blue screen flashes for about 2 seconds only. It was so fast. You know what I did to be able to copy the error message? I captured the booting process using my digital camera's video recording function. Thank God for digicams that could record videos. Finally, after this blue screen of death briefly flashes, the black screen with the 5 options appear again, of course I choose from one of the given options, and then the cycle repeats. To clear things up, I haven't installed any new hardware or software for about over a year already. I only edit my files, delete some, add new ones, and edit edit edit. That's it. On the last day that I was still able to use my laptop, I only did my school-related stuff [mostly on Notepad] and changed my desktop wallpaper. That's it. No big deal. I actually check if my hard disk needs defragmenting, every single day. I have my hard disk analyzed by the Defragmenter utility, religiously everyday. I always thought there's no problem coz the Defragmenter's report always shows that there's no need to defragment my volume since the total fragmentation is just 8%. It has always been like that since about over a year already. I got the same defragment analysis report on the last day I was still able to use my laptop. Also, pressing F8 never helped. I get options of whether to start using blah-blah-blah, and the same things happen: the Windows logo with the moving loading bars appears and then I get the blue screen. I don't even get to the command prompt to remove or disable anything. And my BIOS options provide no help either. My dilemma is that, I MUST NOT LOSE ANY OF MY FILES there. I'm a ComputerScience college student with a very hectic schedule, and all of my files there in my laptop are important, all of which amount to almost 35GB. What sucks the most is that I haven't been backing up since my first use of my laptop back in 2004. I don't back up coz I constantly edit my files, and my files are big. I don't have an external hard disk, and burning to CDs takes up my time. Can someone please help me? Thank you very much in advance. The harder you fall the higher you bounce back.

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The first thing I would do is use the Windows XP disk to boot up to the Recovery console, then run "CHKDSK /R" from the command prompt. Musky If the voices inside my head paid rent, I'd be rich!

Thank you very much people. I'm about to try what you've advised me to do. Fingers crossed that using the Windows XP disk to boot my system up would be a success. Thanks again! The harder you fall the higher you bounce back.

Also, on the same place you do the CHKDSK thing, try these 2 commands: FIXMBR FIXBOOT It might help. :-) -- Leo

thank you, sir Leo! i'll try the commands you suggested. hope they do help me =) The harder you fall the higher you bounce back.

ok, so I tried everything you all told me. I also tried reading the posts in here that are similar to my case. The problem now is this. my computer gives me an error message saying: CDBOOT: Cannot boot from CD - code: 5 I hope there's something else that I could do now. Thank you all in advance =) The harder you fall the higher you bounce back.