Unmountable Boot Volume

chrozer · 01-25-2007, 02:18 PM

I have a dell Dimension 3100...and I was using my computer when i accidentaly spilled water on my power supply....so i immediately turned it off without turning my computer off. So when I boot it up again...i get BSOD - Unmountable Boot Volume.

I know that you can fix this with the WinXP CD using CHKDSK....but I dont have the disk...any ideas?

Chili Willis · 01-25-2007, 02:35 PM

Here is an idea to try to repair your computer. It requires 2 things, 1) your original XP disk, and 2) your computer needs to be set up to boot from the CD drive before the hard drive. If you have problems with either one of those two let us know. Here is the repair:

Put your original XP cd into the cd drive start the computer.
If you see "Press any key to boot from the cd...." by all means press a key as we want to boot from the cd!
After loading some things the process will stop and you will be presented the opportunity to press the R key to start up the Repair Console.
Eventually you will get a DOS prompt. When you do, type chkdsk /p and press Enter. (Note that there is a space between the k and the /.)
When that completes you will be given the DOS prompt again. This time type fixboot and press Enter. (it may also be necessary to press Y and Enter if prompted).
When this process is complete, type Exit and press Enter.

As your computer is starting up, remove the cd from the cd drive and allow it to start up from the hard drive like normal. Hopefully all will be well.

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I dont have the disk...any ideas?

Borrow one from your neighbor. Pretty much any XP disk will work.

**nickster_uk** · 01-25-2007, 02:36 PM

Hi chrozer, welcome to TSF...

without the install disc, you're gonna find it hard to fix. The best advice I can give is ask a friend/relative if you can borrow their install disc so you can boot to the recovery console and perform some tests on the drive.

~~robert diggs~~ · 01-25-2007, 03:15 PM

IF you can't get one from a friend/relative. Try complaining to Dell saying that you had one but lost it and see if they'll replace it for free or a small fee. The worst thing that can happen is that they'll say no.

Regards,

Brandon

staplestech221 · 01-28-2007, 09:34 PM

you can always just get a external hard drive encloser and put your hard drive in it and plug it in to a diffrent computer and go to my computer and right click the drive.( it will be like a external hard drive or flash stick) then right click on the drive and go to properities. then click the tools tab then error checking. then check both the boxes and let it run and it will be fixed

becca.sue77 · 11-09-2009, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by staplestech221

you can always just get a external hard drive encloser and put your hard drive in it and plug it in to a diffrent computer and go to my computer and right click the drive.( it will be like a external hard drive or flash stick) then right click on the drive and go to properities. then click the tools tab then error checking. then check both the boxes and let it run and it will be fixed

How much do external hard drive enclosers averagely cost?

01-25-2007, 02:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
chrozer Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1 OS: WinXP	Unmountable Boot Volume I have a dell Dimension 3100...and I was using my computer when i accidentaly spilled water on my power supply....so i immediately turned it off without turning my computer off. So when I boot it up again...i get BSOD - Unmountable Boot Volume. I know that you can fix this with the WinXP CD using CHKDSK....but I dont have the disk...any ideas?

01-25-2007, 02:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
nickster_uk Moderator, Microsoft Support, Happy to support TSF! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7,043 OS: XP Pro SP3, Windows 7 Ultimate, Ubuntu v8.04 My System	Hi chrozer, welcome to TSF... without the install disc, you're gonna find it hard to fix. The best advice I can give is ask a friend/relative if you can borrow their install disc so you can boot to the recovery console and perform some tests on the drive. __________________ My system: ASUS P5K-E WiFi \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz (OC 3.60GHz) \| 4GB Corsair DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 RAM (4-4-4-12) \| PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro Xtreme 512MB GDDR3 GPU \| Maxtor DiamondMax 22 500GB, Maxtor DiamondMax 23 500GB & 2xMaxtor DiamondMax 21 250GB SATA HDDs \| Thermaltake CL-P0114 Heatsink + 6 LED Case Fans \| Corsair HX620W Modular PSU \| Enermax Black Knight (CS-527) Case \| Pioneer DVR-216 SATA 20x20 DVD±RW In a world without walls or fences - who needs Windows and Gates?

01-25-2007, 03:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
~~robert diggs~~ Register user Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: US/Florida Posts: 308 OS: Windows XP SP2/Fedora Core 6/Ubuntu Edgy/Suse Linux 10.0/Knoppix 5.1.1/Puppy Linux 2.13	IF you can't get one from a friend/relative. Try complaining to Dell saying that you had one but lost it and see if they'll replace it for free or a small fee. The worst thing that can happen is that they'll say no. Regards, Brandon

01-28-2007, 09:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
staplestech221 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: new york Posts: 8 OS: dual boot xp,vista,linux, mac tiger 10.4	you can always just get a external hard drive encloser and put your hard drive in it and plug it in to a diffrent computer and go to my computer and right click the drive.( it will be like a external hard drive or flash stick) then right click on the drive and go to properities. then click the tools tab then error checking. then check both the boxes and let it run and it will be fixed