when i turn my comp on i get a blue screen with UNMOUNTABLE BOOT VOLUME
any1 know what this is as i would like to know
thanks

 

you aint left a floppy in have you?

(thats the extent of my knowledge btw )

 

nope nothing in the floopy mate
just bugging me now

 

Added any new hardware?
What OS should it be running?

 

no new hardware added
os is xp pro

 

Boot from XP cd and when you see the Welcome to setup press the letter R. You will get a dos prompt, type chkdsk /p and hit enter then type fixboot and hit enter. When asked type y.

 

Hi, iv had this problem a few times, its probably because your boot.ini file is messed up.

Do you have the WinXp disk?

If so, try this-

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

This error can sometimes occur when a new hard drive has been fitted to an older computer, have you installed a new drive?

Hope this helps,

Lee

 

As above.

But I think I use fixmbr instead of fixboot.

 

someone just replyed with the same answer,

Sorry

 

ok guys so if i put the xp disc in you get the install page come up
what do i do then as it asks what u want 2 do e.g install xp or check compatibility

 

You have to boot the machine from the XP CD.

 

how do u do that
im realy no good with comp

 

put the cd in the drive, then reboot.
as the computer starts enter the bios (usually by pressing "del", "F1" etc etc") then set the startup sequence to look at the CD drive first

 

wow to techy 4 me in english first
whats bios etc
sorry guys

 

ok as you start your computer, look for a message that says "press DEL to enter setup" or "bios" something like that.
if you dont see it just press DEL and F1 and you should enter the bios.

in there look for something that says "boot sequence" or something along those lines, it will probably say "A:\, C:\" change it so "CDROM" is first!