dorisno1 Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Hey, This could be a long post so I apologise now. Yesterday I turned on my laptop,the windows screen started up with the blue bar under the word windows, loading. Then the **** thing just went off and re started..... I have pressed f8 and restarted in every which way suggested,but to no avail. In desperation I tried the recovery. This just took me to a blue screen with "unmountable_boot_volume" at top and several things below such as if this is the first time you have seen this screen then please re start computer etc. It suggests to remove bios and such but the thing is I cant get anything else,apart from what I have described, to happen...Please any suggestions as to what I can do.I am on my works computer now and am not capable enough to begin removing hard drives and do not want to have to use this one for anything other than maybe a downloadable "fix it" programme lol on blushing.gif I am using a hp 510 notebook with windows xp 2000 service pack two,by the way and no xp disc to do anything about it boo hoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 I tried the recovery. This just took me to a blue screen with "unmountable_boot_volume" at top and several things below such as if this is the first time you have seen this screen then please re start computer etc.What recovery method are you using and at what point do you get that message ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angrypenguin Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 (edited) Try booting up with UBCD4Win (www.ubcd4win.com). You will need access to a WinXP CD to create the UBCD but as long as its the same version as the one installed - OEM I would assume - then there shouldn't be any problems with that. I assure you its a great recovery tool that I'm sure you'll use more than once! I would suggest you plan for worst case scenario, and backup all your important data prior to further recovery attempts (assuming your HDD isn't fried, you can do this easily from within UBCD - but you will most likely need a USB drive of some sort to save data on). Edited May 18, 2008 by angrypenguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorisno1 Posted May 18, 2008 Author Share Posted May 18, 2008 Recovery is by f11 and as soon as the screen comes on i press it as if i wait I get the smae things happen,I have no access to xp disc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 OK first things first! What media do you have access to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorisno1 Posted May 18, 2008 Author Share Posted May 18, 2008 (edited) None lol!!!although its not funny i have a computer i can down load stuff from but its a works one so i have to be careful to not mess anything up!! Edited May 18, 2008 by dorisno1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcemanND Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Yet again, please keep replay to the existing topics you have, do not create new threads on the same topic.http://www.msfn.org/board/HELP-unmountable...me-t117693.htmlCLOSED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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