Hi there

Many thanks for the info. I'd already done half of that but missed out the "bootfix" bit. It now works fine.

Cheers again

Pete........
>
> From: garydenise <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2004/02/01 Sun PM 03:03:03 GMT
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Unmountable Boot Volume
>
> Hi Pete
>
> Try This I just had to do this to my brother's pc it worked great very
> quick. Good luck Gary Aguiar
>
> Unmountable Boot Volume" Win XP
>
>
> kb# SW00014 When booting up to Win XP you may get a error that reads
> "Unmountable Boot Volume". This is probably because your boot.ini file is
> messed up.
>
> So, what do you do about it, panic and try to mount your boot in your
> computer...... No that is probably not a good idea.
>
> You can boot to the XP cd and when you see the Welcome to setup press the
> letter R
> You will get a dos prompt
> Then type "chkdsk /p" without the quotes and hit enter
> When that is done type "fixboot" and hit enter
> "Y" and enter at the prompt
> Then type "exit" and hit enter
> The system will now reboot into Windows
>
> If for some reason that don't work for you, you can boot to the recovery
> console like above and...
> Type "chkdsk /r" then enter
> When done type "exit" and hit enter.
> This will take longer, but the system should boot back into Windows.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pete Sowerby" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 8:54 AM
> Subject: [PCBUILD] Unmountable Boot Volume
>
>
> Hi there
>
> I'm trying to install a new 20Gb HDD in a PC I'm building for my son. The
> O/S is Windows XP Professional and I'm booting right from scratch using the
> CD-Rom.
>
> The HDD formats (NTFS) and then copies the initial files no problem but when
> it comes to do its first re-boot, after the first "splash screen", I get the
> dreaded blue screen with the message at the the top
> "Unmountable_Boot_Volume". The Recovery program says that Windows has been
> installed, but it just won't boot.
>
> I've tried re-installing again, even using FAT32 and I still have the same
> problem, although I am using the same install cd each time. Would it be
> better to fomat and fdisk the HDD first using some other method?
>
> I may have done something when I've been playing around with it but is there
> a way to get round this or is the disc "caputt"
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Pete..........
>
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