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unmountable boot volume- xp setup
Name: imbored Date: February 21, 2004 at 20:05:45 Pacific OS: xp home CPU/Ram: 1.8ghz, 512mb
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For a while now, when i try to reinstall windows xp, i get the unmountable boot volume error. I have tried to follow the other posts, but they havent worked. when i boot to the xp installation cd, the computer loads all the files (the blue screens). Then, when they are finished loading, i get the unmountable boot volume error. this error appears before any options are available for setup. the second set of hex numbers are 0xC0000032. i tried the recovery console and it froze during it. how should i fix this?
btw, i followed the microsoft knowledge base thing and it didn't work for me. this error does not happen when i start the computer- it happens when i try to install xp
Name: ripdivx Date: February 21, 2004 at 20:24:31 Pacific
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Do you use other OS's on that drive? If so what OS's do you use?
Do you have the boot sector virus protection option enabled in you BIOS? It's possible that when XP tried to run it couldn't re-write the MBR (which it does habitually every time it starts).
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Response Number 2
Name: imbored Date: February 21, 2004 at 22:04:39 Pacific
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no other os, no virus detection. also, youo said that the error could be that xp, couldn't write to the mbr. but, xp starts up fine. just the xp setup does not start up
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Response Number 3
Name: cpthector Date: February 23, 2004 at 20:02:51 Pacific
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Check this website out. Hope it helps
http://www.techtips4u.com/kb/sw/SW00014.htm
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Response Number 4
Name: cpthector Date: February 23, 2004 at 20:04:04 Pacific
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By the way, you might want to download the critical update suggested by Gateway on this page:
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