Vista DVD Won't Start/Unmountable Boot Volume

outofsync · 08-13-2009, 01:04 PM

I have the unmountable_boot_volume BSOD when I try to start up my computer. I have read many places that a way of possibly solving this error is by booting up my Vista install DVD and running the Startup Repair tool. However, I am unable to fully boot the DVD itself. It begins to load up (it loads through both a gray bar and a green cycling loading bar), but it never seems to get past a black screen with a white mouse cursor. Rarely does it even get to the main Vista Install screen, and the one or two times the machine made it there, after clicking the "Repair my computer" button, the computer hangs infinitely on a blank screen with a white mouse cursor, in front of the Vista install dvd wallpaper.

Is there a way to ensure the DVD gets to run the Startup Repair tool, or is there perhaps an alternate way of solving this boot volume error?

**spike2me** · 08-13-2009, 06:26 PM

Your hard drive has probably died. Make a boot disc of your Hard Drive manufacturer and run the diagnostic tools.

08-13-2009, 01:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
outofsync Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Vista Home Premium	Vista DVD Won't Start/Unmountable Boot Volume I have the unmountable_boot_volume BSOD when I try to start up my computer. I have read many places that a way of possibly solving this error is by booting up my Vista install DVD and running the Startup Repair tool. However, I am unable to fully boot the DVD itself. It begins to load up (it loads through both a gray bar and a green cycling loading bar), but it never seems to get past a black screen with a white mouse cursor. Rarely does it even get to the main Vista Install screen, and the one or two times the machine made it there, after clicking the "Repair my computer" button, the computer hangs infinitely on a blank screen with a white mouse cursor, in front of the Vista install dvd wallpaper. Is there a way to ensure the DVD gets to run the Startup Repair tool, or is there perhaps an alternate way of solving this boot volume error?

08-13-2009, 06:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
spike2me TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,643 OS: XP SP3, Vista SP2, Windows7	Re: Vista DVD Won't Start/Unmountable Boot Volume Your hard drive has probably died. Make a boot disc of your Hard Drive manufacturer and run the diagnostic tools. __________________ Spike Baron A Plus, MCSE, MCAS (office 2007) MOUS, CNA