XP Unmountable Drive

[MikeJoel]

Is there anyway to solve this problem without reformatting and installing XP again?


A customer has XP and kids put a game in. It crashed and after that it boots to a blue screen saying the drive area is unmountable.

Can't get into any safe mode of any kind.
Always returns to the blue screen.

Thanks,
Michael

 

[Comtech]

Boot to the XP disk, and try fixboot, and fixmbr.
If that doesn't work do a repair install. Cheers,
Jim

http://members.cnx.net/reboot/

 

[linney]

See if anything here helps.

Try running Chkdsk from the recovery console.

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console for Windows XP (Q307654)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q307/6/54.asp

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...olume+patch%2Bwindows%2Bxp&btnG=Google+Search

Unmountable_Boot_Volume in WIN XP Pro
thread779-436409

315403 - Stop 0x000000ED Error Message When Volume on IDE Drive with Caching Enabled Is Mounted

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315403&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

An easy to follow recovery console description when unable to start computer due to corrupt registry.

http://www.mediaworkstation.com/htm/homeset1.htm

Click on Tutorial then the Charlie White article on XP crash.
This is a laymans version of Q307545 in simple language.


If they don't work you could try repairing windows itself by running it over itself. You will lose all your windows updates but your files will be untouched.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP (Q315341)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q315/3/41.asp