K Kaiser__Sose Golden Member Oct 14, 1999 1,660 0 0 Apr 19, 2004 #1 the an unmountable boot volume error when booting windows xp on a XPS laptop. can't even get into windows under any form of safe mode. any help?
the an unmountable boot volume error when booting windows xp on a XPS laptop. can't even get into windows under any form of safe mode. any help?
SUOrangeman Diamond Member Oct 12, 1999 8,361 0 0 Apr 20, 2004 #2 Sounds like you mucked with your partitions. STOP THAT! What was the last thing you did before you rebooted? -SUO
Sounds like you mucked with your partitions. STOP THAT! What was the last thing you did before you rebooted? -SUO
B bacillus Lifer Jan 6, 2001 14,517 0 71 Apr 20, 2004 #3 try booting from the xp cd, go into the recovery console & use the chkdsk /r command.
gsellis Diamond Member Dec 4, 2003 6,061 0 0 Apr 20, 2004 #4 Before you do anything drastic, try reseating your HD in the laptop. It may have been shocked loose and is not working correctly. Then try the rest.
Before you do anything drastic, try reseating your HD in the laptop. It may have been shocked loose and is not working correctly. Then try the rest.
W Wiktor Member Feb 21, 2003 151 0 0 Apr 20, 2004 #5 yes, chkdsk /r and fixboot and fixmbr should fix it (although if it happened once it will probably happen again... soon)
yes, chkdsk /r and fixboot and fixmbr should fix it (although if it happened once it will probably happen again... soon)