I have a relative's computer that had the "unmountable_boot_volume" error. It would BSOD after the Win XP boot screen. It would not even start in safe mode. I tried to access C: via a boot CD to back some files up but I could not even access the drive as it said that the drive was not even formatted.
I tried to chkdsk and fixing the boot volume in the Windows recovery console but that did not work. Now it gives the "NTLDR is missing" error. I tried replacing those files in the recovery console and it still gives the same error. When I tried going in w/ the boot CD, C: can now be accessed but there are only the boot files visible and the size is listed as around 10 MB.
At this point, short of a reformat, is there anything that can be done to recover some files from C:?
Thanks
I tried to chkdsk and fixing the boot volume in the Windows recovery console but that did not work. Now it gives the "NTLDR is missing" error. I tried replacing those files in the recovery console and it still gives the same error. When I tried going in w/ the boot CD, C: can now be accessed but there are only the boot files visible and the size is listed as around 10 MB.
At this point, short of a reformat, is there anything that can be done to recover some files from C:?
Thanks