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BobandDeanna

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November 19th, 2006 15:00

UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME

Forgive me is this is a repeated issue, but have searched & don't find one with same numbers:
 
Here is the message:
 
UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME
 
*** STOP: 0x000000ED (0x823DD030,0xC000009C, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
 
I did not find any with "0x823DD030" in it's thread.
 
I cannot get my PC to reboot into Safe Mode or Command Prompt & cannot get it to boot to a CD Rom
 
Please help!
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    ceri sheeran

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    Posted November 19th, 2006 15:00

    Hi,
     
    Which model and series computer.
     
    Which Operating System
     
    Results of virus, spyware and malware scans
     
    Hard drive diagnostics.
     
    Colour and status of the four diagnostic LED's on rear of casing.
     
    Will the machine boot from a WIN 98 SE bootable floppy or a bootable CD
     
    Can you get into BIOS.is your primary hard disk sticl recognised in BIOS
     
    Take anti static precautions
     
    Reseat IDE ribbon cables
     
    Replace BIOS battery
     
    Post back and we'll go from there.
     
    hth
     
    Ceri
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    BobandDeanna

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    Posted November 19th, 2006 16:00

    Which model and series computer.   Dell Dimension 3000
     
    Which Operating System     Windows XP Home Edition
     
    Results of virus, spyware and malware scans   Have not had any reports of viruses on previous scans (yesterday last scan)
     
    Hard drive diagnostics.    Cannot get this far - stuck on blue screen with message
     
    Colour and status of the four diagnostic LED's on rear of casing.   No change has been made here since initial setup
     
    Will the machine boot from a WIN 98 SE bootable floppy or a bootable CD  Have booted up to floppy disk but sitting with A:\>
     
    Can you get into BIOS.is your primary hard disk sticl recognised in BIOS   I can access setup but don't know what to do here
     
    Take anti static precautions      Have not been inside case in quite some time
     
    Reseat IDE ribbon cables     All OK
     
    Replace BIOS battery    Have not done this
     
    Post back and we'll go from there.
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    shesagordie

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    Posted November 19th, 2006 19:00

    BobandDeanna
     
    The usual cause for an UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME error message is a failed hard drive.
     
    Bev. 
     
     
     
     
    Please don't send me questions about your system by DCF Messenger.
    Post the issue in the appropriate Board, where they will be answered.
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    Prof007

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    Posted November 20th, 2006 10:00

    try to Press F12 at the Dell screen and then run either the "IDE drive Diagnostics" or "Hard drive diagnostics".  after 3 minutes it will give you a pass or fail at the end of the first drive.
     
    another thing you can do is run CHKDSK, if you have your windows XP CD.
    Turn on the system. Press F12. put the windows CD in the TOP cd rom drive.  select the CD CDRW drive and press enter. Press "R" for recovery console at the "welcome" screen.  if it asks for which OS, press 1 and enter. leave password blank.  At the DoS prompt type: "CHKDSK /R" and enter. 
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    KaptenStjart

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    Posted November 21st, 2006 21:00

    Hi
     
    Start up from the XP-disc.
    Run fixmbr
    Run chkdsk
    Run fixboot
     
    That helped me out when my drive broke down.
    I think your drive is dead, so you better test it as fast as possible.
     

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