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

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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

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