Unable To Mount Boot Volume

[3rd gen noob]

i got this error this morning when i tried to start windows xp
i couldn't restart either from "last known good configuration" or even into safe mode

i put in my xp disc and went to recovery, ran a chkdsk and got "one or more errors"

then i managed to get windows to start from the last known good configuration

what's going on and was i lucky to get it to boot?

thanks in advance

[nikita69]

i'm not aware of this being a windows error code. i know it's one for Mac, Linux & BeOS. btw, have u installed any OS lately?

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by nikita69@16 September 2003 - 13:14
i'm not aware of this being a windows error code. i know it's one for Mac, Linux & BeOS. btw, have u installed any OS lately?
nope
only ever had windows xp on this hard drive

[nikita69]

that's odd i just tried several search engine and all kinda link to either Mac or Linux sites..... u didn't go here did u? http://www.klboard.ath.cx/index.php?showto...ndpost&p=501033 (http://www.klboard.ath.cx/index.php?showtopic=67259&view=findpost&p=501033)

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by nikita69@16 September 2003 - 14:00
that's odd i just tried several search engine and all kinda link to either Mac or Linux sites..... u didn't go here did u? http://www.klboard.ath.cx/index.php?showto...ndpost&p=501033 (http://www.klboard.ath.cx/index.php?showtopic=67259&view=findpost&p=501033)
no, i didn't
i'm baffled by this too
i couldn't find any similar errors on xp computers on major search engines :(

[3rd gen noob]

just got an error there whilst trying to start windows media player "wmp.dll version 9.0.0.2980 was found where 9.0.0.3008 was expected"

is this related possibly??

[nikita69]

I even searched in Microsoft.com, MSDN.com and even http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/ , no luck. maybe the balamm or ilw know.

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by nikita69@16 September 2003 - 14:05
I even searched in Microsoft.com, MSDN.com and even http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/ , no luck. maybe the balamm or ilw know.
yeah, hopefully
if it happens again, i'll take a pic of the error screen
i never thought to do so this morning

[ilw]

I found this:

I suggest you try this from Microsoft
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;315403 (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315403)

or maybe this from a technical website:




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.

If you have a XP system and don't have a XP CD please download the Windows XP boot disk from our Downloads page and use it instead of the XP CD.
NOTE: *** The Win XP boot disk takes 6 floppy disks. ***

Some of you has had an error where it ask for the location of autochk.exe well the correct location of this file is C:\WINDOWS\system32 and you can download it here from our download page by clicking the link. You don't need to do this but it may help if your having trouble.

[nikita69]

lol, also i found this http://www.labmice.net/WindowsXP/Troublesh...gXP/startup.htm (http://www.labmice.net/WindowsXP/TroubleshootingXP/startup.htm) 6th topic.

[nikita69]

btw ilw, if the error message 3rd gen noob saw was "Unable to Mount Boot Volume", why wouldn't that be searchable thru any ms site?

[ilw]

i think the error he saw may have been 'unmountable' instead of 'unable to mount' i tried to google it and came up with just macintosh sites, but it sounded like a reasonable error so i just googled the 'boot volume' bit and came up with a bunch of sites. I think it may be the same at the microsoft website, because the error message was ever so slightly changed it returns useless matches.


Btw i think the media player thing might be something to do with the registry being restored when using the last known good thing. thats just a blind guess though.

[MUSLEMAN]

good old xp repair, works every time :lol: you try to change your boot logo or something 3rd?? or softice maybe??

[3rd gen noob]

ok, thanks for the links and help people
it seems that the "last known good config" has messed things up rather a lot

as well as the wmp error, windows update software wasn't installed
anyway, it's installed now and i've got the current updates and everything
hopefully the problem is fixed..

thanks again for the help

:beerchug:

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by MUSLEMAN@16 September 2003 - 16:25
good old xp repair, works every time :lol: you try to change your boot logo or something 3rd?? or softice maybe??
nah, i never actually knowingly did anything to damage the hard drive or the windows install