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  1. 09-20-2004, 01:10 PM #1
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    Unhappy Blue Screen of DEATH.

    My Rig:

    ABiT NF7-S Mobo
    AMD Barton 3000+
    Radeon 9800 (non pro)
    1GB DDR Kingston RAM
    80GB WD HDD w/ 8mb buffer
    Windows XP Professional

    My Problem:

    When I turn on my computer, and Windows starts booting up, two seconds after the XP logo comes on the screen, I get the blue screen that reads, "A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME. Technical Information: ***STOP:0x000000ED (0x86335900, 0xC0000032, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)"

    What i've tried:

    Restarting in Safe mode
    Restarting with last known good configuration
    Restarting with fail safe bios settings
    Reformatting (ntfs quick) and re-installing XP pro

    After re-installing XP it was running it for an hour without any apparent problems. I came home last night and powered it on, and the problem came back. I suspect that my HDD may be faulty.

    Anyone have any quick fixes I could try??
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  2. 09-20-2004, 01:25 PM #2
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    Sounds like your boot.ini file or master boot record is screwed up. I would try to boot from the Windows XP CD and load the recovery console. Try the "chkdsk /p" command, then after checkdisk is finished type "fixboot" command.
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  3. 09-20-2004, 03:09 PM #3
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    "STOP 0x000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" Error Message When You Restart Your Computer or Upgrade to Windows XP

    http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp


    CAUSE

    This behavior can occur if either of the following conditions is true:

    Your computer uses an Ultra Direct Memory Access (UDMA) hard disk controller, and the following conditions are true:

    You use a standard 40-wire connector cable to connect the UDMA drive to the controller instead of the required 80-wire, 40-pin cable.

    The basic input/output system (BIOS) settings are configured to force the faster UDMA modes.

    The file system is damaged and cannot be mounted.
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  4. 09-20-2004, 07:26 PM #4
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    Originally posted by Onlyonerhino
    Sounds like your boot.ini file or master boot record is screwed up. I would try to boot from the Windows XP CD and load the recovery console. Try the "chkdsk /p" command, then after checkdisk is finished type "fixboot" command.
    I reformatted and did a fresh install of windows, how either of those files get meefed up instantly? I will be home soon and I will give this a shot. If it still messes up, then i'm probably going to assume i'm dealing with a bad hdd.
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  6. 09-20-2004, 09:04 PM #5
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    Boot from the XP CDROM, go to the Recovery Console, and type "fixmbr". If that doesn't do it, boot off the CDROM again and do a Repair on the installation. If that gets you back into Windows, do a CHKDSK on your drive to mark any bad sectors and prevent your system from writing data to them in the future.
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  7. 09-22-2004, 01:33 PM #6
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    I booted from my XP CD Rom, and did that fix command in the recovery console, and it fixed the partition, and now my PC is booting up and running fine

    thanks for the help guys!
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