Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Click here to start participating now! Also, check out the New User Guide.
Umountable boot volume
Name: Tony HIllier Date: November 4, 2001 at 16:46:35 Pacific
Comment:
I recently upgraded from a Fujitsu 30Gb hdd to a seagate 40Gb hdd, since then i get "unmountable boot volume" when i try to install xp. All my BIOS settings have remained the same, the only difference is the drive itself. Anyone else having trouble with Seagate or 40Gb drives? Any help would be great???
Name: Patrick Date: November 5, 2001 at 00:56:14 Pacific
Reply:
Wow I had this same error just tonight. Easy fix, at least for me.
Boot from disc into the command prompt (you may have to use a 98 boot disc). At the prompt, type "fixboot" and the program will scan the boot sector of your disc. If it is corrupt (which it should be, with that message. Same message I got. This was my fix), then the program will rewrite the boot information and it should be okay...
Summary: My sister-in-law's computer keeps getting this message when she tries to start it up. unmountable-boot-volume If this is the first time seeing this, restart. If this appears again: check to make sure...
Summary: About a week ago my power went out, and upon trying to restart my pc i got a blue screen giving me an "unmountable boot volume" error. I did some research and tried using the recovery console in xp to...
0 
Formatting factory instal...
