I have this Win XP Home computer that was working fine, suddenly some blue screen appeared, it said that the component UNMOUNTABLE_VOLUME_BOOSTER had a problem, I can't even get to the login screen, I tried starting it in Safe Mode, but the same blue screen appears, I tried to go to the last good known configuration and same screen appears, I tried going to the setup screen to disable the components but I can't get to it, I AM pressing it at the right time and the right button, but it still won't let me get to the setup screen. I opened it to see if something was wrong but I found nothing. I know how to open a computer, what to look for, and pretty much everything about it inside, I have built computers before so I know I didn't mess anything up. This was the first time I opened it. And...some more details...I bought it from my aunt that lives in Mexico, the computer fails the Genuine Windows test, it has had sooo many viruses, it only has one stick of RAM, it has a 16Gb hard drive.
2007-06-12 12:29:50 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Give this a shot. Did this on my wife's last computer crash. Worked like a charm.
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_fix_an_unmountable_volu.htm
Good Luck
2007-06-12 12:38:14 · answer #1 · answered by Ernie B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
More than likely the error is UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME not the error listed above... if it is the unmountable boot volume error, I can tell you whats going on, but not how to fix it... not what you wanted to hear though.
That particular error message boils down to, we can't see your hard drive correctly, or the wrong drivers are being loaded.(kinda weird since its booting of the darn hard drive huh?) This error will be particularly problematic since some hardware failures (ie bad power supply, bad hard drive) can cause this error message, or a messed up windows installation can cause this message.. the problem is figuring out which..
To be perfectly honest, if you have data on the computer you can't loose, you need to take it to someone that can pull the data off and do a diagnostic on the unit to figure out what's going on. If you don't care about the information on the unit, the easiest thing to do would be to erase everything and start over again.. if it bombs during the windows installation, that tells you there is a part going bad, if it makes it all the way, and no problems are experience after the re-format/reinstall, then the problem was with windows, and you just took care of it.
Hope this helps for what it is worth!
2007-06-12 13:00:37 · answer #2 · answered by Mitch C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you have encountered what is referred to as the "Blue Screen of Death." I will include some information and fixes, however, you state that Windows failed the "Genuine" test. It is my opinion that in this case, you are helpless unless you purchase a legitimate version of Windows. Microsoft will not allow you to update or access any help with pirated software.
Blue Screen of Death
The Blue Screen of Death (sometimes called "bluescreen", "stop error" or just abbreviated as "BSOD") is the popular name for the screen displayed by Microsoft's Windows operating system when it cannot recover from, or is in danger of being unable to recover from, a system error (the Microsoft term is Stop error). There are two Windows error screens that are both referred to as the blue screen of death, with one (Windows NT 4/2000/XP/Vista) being significantly more serious than the other (Windows 9x). There are several causes of the blue screen popping up. It can be a poorly-written device driver, bad memory, damaged registry or usage of incompatible versions of DLLs (see more on the "Types of blue screens" section).
The blue screen of death in one form or another has been present in all Windows operating systems since Windows version 3.1. It is the successor of the less well-known black screen of death that occurs in OS/2 as well as MS-DOS[1]. In early builds of Windows Vista it was complemented with a red screen of death, used for boot loader errors.
Blue Screen of Death – lots more information here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Screen_of_Death#References
Blue Screen of Death – Link to fixes
http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-fp&p=fix%20blue%20screen%20of%20death
2007-06-12 12:35:44 · answer #3 · answered by TheHumbleOne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello:
I'm familiar with a lot of kernel stop messages in the NT family. I've never seen that one before. I suspect a hacked kernel, driver or other HAL component, possibly attacked by a virus.
I couldn't even find a remote match on TechNet. I don't know.
Sorry.
2007-06-12 12:42:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
oundslike a hardware falure possibly the master boot record is bad try booting up with the xp cd in and goto recover console and type in fixmbr. you may want to try booting up off a live cd i sueggest dam snmall linux its only 50 mb even if you dont know linux just boot it up and let it run for a hr or so and see if the system crashes if it dosnt there is a good chance the harddrive is bad.
you may want to look for minipe its a live cd based off windows but its got tons of tools for hardware testing I dont have and links for you to direct download it but i know you cant find it on most torrent sites
2007-06-12 12:33:58 · answer #5 · answered by mustang03282 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely the Windows system files are damaged, or some bad clusters.
Boot from the XP CD and choose reapir then run CHKDSK /R
2007-06-12 12:34:23 · answer #6 · answered by Cupcake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
something have to do with an error on the hard drive, try run xp cd and do a repair on it, should be working after that
2007-06-12 13:34:11 · answer #7 · answered by whitecomet_28 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the power supply is ready to bite the dust.
2007-06-12 12:37:37 · answer #8 · answered by TameBeast 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is a helpful solution to your problem:
http://www.pchell.com/support/unmountablebootvolume.shtml
2007-06-12 15:15:27 · answer #9 · answered by mittalman53 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋