unmountable disk volume xp
please please help.
i have recently installed windows xp and when i tried to reboot i get a list of options to try and start up the pc, ie. safe mode, normal, last good configuration etc which ever i go to i end up with a big blue screen and an ultimaite error message saying unmountable disk volume so i assume it is the OS or the way i have installed it i have tried to do anything i can to boot from the cd drive, as i have read on numerous sites over the internet with no luck, i have had a look in th eBIOS menu but dont have a clue what i am looking for!! - i have very litle experience with technical jargon and would really really appreciate any help what so ever!
thanks!!
Angela
i have recently installed windows xp and when i tried to reboot i get a list of options to try and start up the pc, ie. safe mode, normal, last good configuration etc which ever i go to i end up with a big blue screen and an ultimaite error message saying unmountable disk volume so i assume it is the OS or the way i have installed it i have tried to do anything i can to boot from the cd drive, as i have read on numerous sites over the internet with no luck, i have had a look in th eBIOS menu but dont have a clue what i am looking for!! - i have very litle experience with technical jargon and would really really appreciate any help what so ever!
thanks!!
Angela
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when ya get into the bios initially you probly see a screen that shows all the drives your computer has in it: CD ROM drives, floppy drive and Hard Drives
this is for MOST bios's:
if you look at the top you should see different catagories of information. your looking for a "boot" "boot configuration" or somthing along those lines.
you should be able to use the arrow keys to go left and right to enter different catagories, and the down arrows to gfet to the different values under the catagories.
once you locate the boot sequence it will usually look like a list kinda like
1st boot device: HDD1
2nd boot device: cd-rom
3rd boot device: floppy drive
once you locate it you need to set the cd rom to the 1st boot device, depending on the bios this is done with the plus (+) and minus (-) keys, or with the enter key
just move that to the 1st boot device and then save and exit
with the xo cd in the drive it will say "Press any key to boot from cd rom" just hit any key and it will launch the setup
anyone else any ideas? except for throwing it out the window?! he he
whats the exact problem your having now?
"Booting from cd rom"
or
"Press any key to boot from cd rom" when u start the machine up with the windows cd in?
it doesnt seem to be responding at all. sounds like it is trying to do, but no joy!!
Unmountable boot volume usually means you just need to clean the filesystem.
Please list how many hard disks and cdroms etc.. are in the computer and make sure no floppy disk is left in the drive for us. When you found the area in the bios that listed the boot order can you please copy it down exactly and post that also?
tex
it installed it all ok, its an original
not at home at the mo - got some one there following your instructions will let ya know!
thanks sooooo much
1 hard disc
1 cd rom
1 cd re-writer
1 floppy drive
make it
cdrom
harddisk. (depening on the bios you often have sperate options for differant harddisks and it needs to be the FIRST one. usually id0 )
Tex
i am sooo pc illiterate its untrue! can you start again please, hopefully i will understand! he he.
Thanks for all the help