Mup.sys WITH A TWIST

clockout · 06-09-2008, 11:01 PM

Hi,

OK. For whatever (probably dumb) reason, I was defragging my tower from a remote desktop connection when the power went out of the house.

Upon restart, I got to the XP main screen and it looped. safe mode hangs at mup.sys (which I understand is not poor mup's fault but whatever comes after it)

the MS Recovery Console has this to say:

Quote:

A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME

later:

Quote:

Technical information:

*** STOP: 0x000000ED (0x84B339E0, 0xC0000006, 0x000000000, 0x000000000)

Every thing I've read suggests put SOMETHING in the CD drive, whether a repair/install disc, some miracle freeware disc, etc.

problem is, the motor burned out on my CD drive, and I am not in a position to replace/fix it. So...no discs.

Is there ANY way to get to my documents?

I have an external hard drive waiting to store all my data - years worth of stuff that I foolishly never backed up. I had actually just bought the EHD and was defragging to start that process!

Any help would be much appreciated, I've been looking things up for 2 days now. It's XP SP2 Media Edition, if that helps/matters.

Dan

daryuujin · 06-09-2008, 11:06 PM

I believe if you get a hard drive enclosure like this http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2407263 (the one i use) you can take the hard drive out of your computer and covert it to a external hard drive then when ever you get a new computer you can transfer all your files with ease, hoped i helped

Istanbul_Lfc · 06-10-2008, 12:24 AM

Or, you can take out the hardrive thats currently in the computer by removing the case and unplugging the cabels and take it to a friends computer and slave it. Thus giving you the chance to plug in your external hd and back it up that way.

chauffeur2 · 06-10-2008, 01:10 AM

Hello Dan, Welcome to TSF!

You could also try this...

Boot the computer from a 'cold' start continually tapping the F8 Key then select Last Known Good Configuration; allow the computer to reboot, this should get you to the Desktop.

Kind Regards,

clockout · 06-10-2008, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chauffeur2

Hello Dan, Welcome to TSF!

You could also try this...

Boot the computer from a 'cold' start continually tapping the F8 Key then select Last Known Good Configuration; allow the computer to reboot, this should get you to the Desktop.

Kind Regards,

yeah this was one of the first things I tried. No go, just looped back.

Thanks for the welcome. I should add a couple of things:

Its a 250GB HD and I had it almost full, and had not really defragged in a LONG time. I was moving a lot of big files all over the place.

I unfortunately only have this hard drive/computer. The only partition besides the main one is the HP recovery one, which will wipe everything out, as I understand.

am I S.O.L.?

clockout · 06-10-2008, 11:00 PM

I should add I'm borrowing a friend's measly 25GB laptop to post these.

chauffeur2 · 06-11-2008, 12:57 AM

OK clockout,
See if you can get into the Recovery Console, by booting the computer via the Windows® XP CD.
When the Welcome to Set Up screen appears, tap r to enter the Recovery Console...if you are prompted to enter the Administrator Password, just hit Enter.
Once at the command prompt, type in FIXBOOT > Enter, and follow the prompts.
Give this a try and post back with the outcome.

Kind Regards,

clockout · 06-11-2008, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chauffeur2

OK clockout,
See if you can get into the Recovery Console, by booting the computer via the Windows® XP CD.

my CDR drive is broken, and I have no way to read a disc. I know a replacement is cheap, but I have no access to one at this time.

chauffeur2 · 06-11-2008, 08:38 PM

Hi clockout,

Without a CD-ROM Drive you are pretty much 'burnt toast' with this issue.
You need to replace the CD-ROM Drive to progress any further.

Regards,

GiveUsaClue · 07-07-2008, 03:19 PM

Hi

Not intending to hijack the thread, but interested if a cure for this was found.
My system also hangs at Mup.sys in safe mode. I can get into the recovery console - but can't get as far as the command prompt before it wants to restart again!!

06-09-2008, 11:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
daryuujin Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7 OS: XP	Re: Mup.sys WITH A TWIST I believe if you get a hard drive enclosure like this http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2407263 (the one i use) you can take the hard drive out of your computer and covert it to a external hard drive then when ever you get a new computer you can transfer all your files with ease, hoped i helped

06-10-2008, 12:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
Istanbul_Lfc Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 117 OS: Windows XP Home SP3, Fedora 9 Linux My System	Re: Mup.sys WITH A TWIST Or, you can take out the hardrive thats currently in the computer by removing the case and unplugging the cabels and take it to a friends computer and slave it. Thus giving you the chance to plug in your external hd and back it up that way. __________________ Have You Tried Turning It On And Off Again...?

06-10-2008, 01:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
chauffeur2 Manager, TSF Articles Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 10,059 OS: Xp Sp3 with all updates + Vista™ Ultimate SP1. My System	Re: Mup.sys WITH A TWIST Hello Dan, Welcome to TSF! You could also try this... Boot the computer from a 'cold' start continually tapping the F8 Key then select Last Known Good Configuration; allow the computer to reboot, this should get you to the Desktop. Kind Regards, __________________ Dave T. Submit New Articles If it works, Don't fix it! Especially if Bill Gates had anything to do with it!!

06-10-2008, 11:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
clockout Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 4 OS: xp	Re: Mup.sys WITH A TWIST I should add I'm borrowing a friend's measly 25GB laptop to post these.

06-11-2008, 12:57 AM	#7 (permalink)
chauffeur2 Manager, TSF Articles Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 10,059 OS: Xp Sp3 with all updates + Vista™ Ultimate SP1. My System	Re: Mup.sys WITH A TWIST OK clockout, See if you can get into the Recovery Console, by booting the computer via the Windows® XP CD. When the Welcome to Set Up screen appears, tap r to enter the Recovery Console...if you are prompted to enter the Administrator Password, just hit Enter. Once at the command prompt, type in FIXBOOT > Enter, and follow the prompts. Give this a try and post back with the outcome. Kind Regards, __________________ Dave T. Submit New Articles If it works, Don't fix it! Especially if Bill Gates had anything to do with it!!

06-11-2008, 08:38 PM	#9 (permalink)
chauffeur2 Manager, TSF Articles Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 10,059 OS: Xp Sp3 with all updates + Vista™ Ultimate SP1. My System	Re: Mup.sys WITH A TWIST Hi clockout, Without a CD-ROM Drive you are pretty much 'burnt toast' with this issue. You need to replace the CD-ROM Drive to progress any further. Regards, __________________ Dave T. Submit New Articles If it works, Don't fix it! Especially if Bill Gates had anything to do with it!!

07-07-2008, 03:19 PM	#10 (permalink)
GiveUsaClue Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: UK Posts: 36 OS: xp Home	Re: Mup.sys WITH A TWIST Hi Not intending to hijack the thread, but interested if a cure for this was found. My system also hangs at Mup.sys in safe mode. I can get into the recovery console - but can't get as far as the command prompt before it wants to restart again!! __________________ *If it ain't broke: why fix it?*