Its likely the boot.ini is corrupt. I had a similar problem and you may this: Boot with XP CD when the welcome to windows setup screen appears press R. At the DOS prompt type chkdisk /p and enter. Type fixboot and enter and finally type exit. Chilangisha Changwe -------Original Message------- From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List Date: Saturday, July 30, 2005 06:16:01 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [PCBUILD] Unmountable Boot Volume I have an XP Home OS in a Compaq computer and keep getting the blue screen with an error message reading "Unmountable Boot Volume." Received no restore" disk with it. It is a celeron 1300. what do I do to get to windows? Have tried safe mode with no response. Please help ! Vern Plumlee The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering our special coffee mugs and mouse pads with the PCBUILD logo... at a great price!!! http://freepctech.com/goodies/promotions.shtml -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - Release Date: 7/28/05 . The NOSPIN Group has added a new feature on our website, web based bulletinboard for questions and answers: Visit our sister website at http://nospin.com