what happend to me last nite

**pete21** · #1 12-03-2008, 01:26 AM

am not sure this is in the rite spot on this forum so sorry if its not

eneyways lastnite i wos browsing the internet and i went to download something-i tunes- as soon as i clicked download my pc froze for a few seconds then unfroze then froze again in the end i add to tern my pc off and restart..that's when my problem started as windows xp wos loading-the windows xp professinal logo wos on the screen my pc would then re start again-not going into windows xp..just kept doing that..i tryed everything bios setting wipe/reset even tryd a floppy boot disk also a xp repaire disk witch half way into it i got a blue screen of death..UNMOUNTABLE BOOT VOLUME..
in the end i got another harddrive-old one installed xp on it then set my harddrive as slave so i could get into my harddrive that wont boot.to see if all my pics/videos/programs ect were still on the harddrive..they were after messing around abit i did a error scan on that harddrive-one that wouldent boot.after a restart it had found errors and fixed them on that harddrive but then booted to the harddrive i just installed xp on..then i took that harddrive out and set my other harddrive-the one that would not boot and has had errors fixed. back to master..restart the pc and it booted

i am soo happy as i really dident want to re instal windows on it and loose all my data that i havent backd up

sorry if that wos not easy to follow

just wanted to let everyone no wot an 8hours iv had

maybe some one could explain maybe wot happend :)

**philthomas** · #2 12-03-2008, 09:57 AM

Well done ....... there are a number of ways to recover from UNMOUNTABLE BOOT VOLUME, some easy, some not so easy, but at the end of the day, it's what works that counts and what you did worked, so that is great.

Here is the M$ solution, which should work too.

**pete21** · #3 12-03-2008, 03:38 PM

thanks :) i dident understand eneything on that link

was wondering is there eneything i could download and put on disk that would fix error ect
as i sem to have these probblems often :)

**philthomas** · #4 12-03-2008, 03:50 PM

If the same problem (UNMOUNTABLE BOOT VOLUME) is happening regularly, it could be a sign that your Hard Drive is on the way out.
You could go to your Hard Drive Manufacturer's website and download their diagnostic tool to check out the drive.
Either way, it would be a good idea to back up your important data, until you know what is causing it.

Did you check whether your IDE Cable is an 80 conductor cable ? .... it could be something as simple as this. If you're not sure how to tell, just count the ridges in the ribbon, if you get past 40 and you are around the centre, then it's an 80 conductor

**serverguy** · #5 12-03-2008, 07:31 PM

The way in the MS link seems simpler to me but as long as you got it sorted that is all that matters.

You don't use Firefox as you're browser by any chance do you?

**pete21** · #6 12-03-2008, 07:56 PM

yerr i sue firefox :) never had a problem with it unless this is the problem hehe

and yerr its an 80 conductor cable

just counted them

think a check on maxtor website is worth a look thanks

also i have noticed my msn dos not freeze for a few seconds now as it use to be for i did this error fix :)

**serverguy** · #7 12-03-2008, 09:23 PM

I had the exact same problem with Firefox the a while ago. Downloading something, all froze up and then BSOD.

I didn't even try rebooting, I just stuck my restore disk in and loaded the last nights backup. I wish I had tried rebooting now and seeing if I got an Unmountable Boot Volume.

I sometimes get freezes with Mozilla just when a download finishes. I think it is because my computer is a little on the slow side...

Maybe I will submit a bug report... I need to try and reproduce it...

**philthomas** · #8 12-03-2008, 09:49 PM

I would wager that it's more likely bad sectors causing Firefox to crash, rather than Firefox causing the crash & Unmountable Boot Volume issue.

**serverguy** · #9 12-03-2008, 09:58 PM

Originally Posted by philthomas

I would wager that it's more likely bad sectors causing Firefox to crash, rather than Firefox causing the crash & Unmountable Boot Volume issue.

Quite probably. But I do get a noticeable slow down when Firefox finishes downloading something.

**philthomas** · #10 12-03-2008, 10:06 PM

Strange .... I haven't heard any complaints so far, about Firefox and these sort of issues, but anything is possible I guess.
Having said that, you didn't reboot and get the "Unmountable" message, so maybe your crash/freeze was caused by RAM or a system glitch of some sort.