I just built this pc from scratch all brand new stuff. Abit IS7 MB Intel 2.8c g cpu Maxtor 120g HDD On very first boot I got unmountable boot volume error followed by a list of numbers. I have searched this out and all I can find seems to pertain to systems that are already installed. Either updating to XP or XP crashed. The HDD is brand new no OS on it. Has been partitioned and formatted. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Likely

It could be a hardware issue, the way your BIOS is setup. The following was copied from a Microsoft KB article. read it carefully. NOTE: If you receive this error message when you restart the computer for the first time during an upgrade to Windows XP, your original operating system still works correctly. In some cases, a message appears on the BIOS report screen that states that the wrong cable is in use, but you may not see this message on computers that have a fast startup time. CAUSE This behavior can occur if either of the following conditions is true: Your computer uses an Ultra Direct Memory Access (UDMA) hard disk controller, and the following conditions are true: You use a standard 40-wire connector cable to connect the UDMA drive to the controller instead of the required 80-wire, 40-pin cable. The basic input/output system (BIOS) settings are configured to force the faster UDMA modes. The file system is damaged and cannot be mounted. RESOLUTION To resolve this behavior, use the appropriate method. UDMA Controller If your computer uses a UDMA hard disk controller, use the following procedures: Replace the 40-wire cable with an 80-wire UDMA cable. In the BIOS settings for your computer, load the 'Fail-Safe' default settings, and then reactivate the most frequently used options such as USB Support. Damaged File System If the second parameter (0xbbbbbbbb) of the Stop error is 0xC0000032, then the file system is damaged. If this is the case, restart the computer to the Recovery Console, and then use the chkdsk /r command to repair the volume. After you repair the volume, check your hardware to isolate the cause of the file system damage. To do this, use the following steps: Start your computer with the Windows startup disks, or with the Windows CD-ROM if your computer can start from the CD-ROM drive. When the Welcome to Setup screen appears, press R to select the repair option. If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot computer, select the Windows installation that you want to access from the Recovery Console. Type the administrator password when you are prompted to do so. NOTE: If no administrator password exists, press ENTER. At the command prompt, on the drive where Windows is installed, type chkdsk /r, and then press ENTER. At the command prompt, type exit, and then press ENTER to restart your computer.For additional information about how to use the Recovery Console in Windows XP, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 314058 Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console If this procedure does not work, repeat it and use the fixboot command in step 5 instead of the chkdsk /r command.

I posted the solution to the Unmountabale Boot Volume problem here on this forum sometime ago. This is It: Insert a bootable WinXp Cd into your drive. Make sure that the CD is the first boot option in the bios. After booting and at the Windows Setup screen it will ask if you want to go to the rRECOVERY CONSOLE press R At the recovery console( with command Promt) type "CHKDSK /r" and press enter Let it work and finish that, then type "CHKDSK /p" and press enter LEt it finish too and then type FIXBOOT C: ( where c is the HD drive letter) and press enter. let it finish and then type EXIT and enter o restart. It will work then. I assure you. If you dont have the WINXP bootable Cd then Get the SIX WinXP boot Floppies. Insert disk 1 and start the PC ( making sure that the Floppies drive is before the HD in the BIOS boot sequence). 1,2,3,4... following the instructions on the screen. Till it gets to the Windows Setup Screen then press R. Insert the WinXp CD. then type those commands (above) Exit to restart. Good Luck. :) The world is certainly Very Small <<--NaNa Yaw-->>