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Error Message

by ezmon Dec 14, 2003 1:32PM PST

I just built a new system. It has a AMD 3000+ cpu,
120gig Western Digital Harddrive. Dvd Burner. When
installing Windows XP Prof. the partion goes well
and when rebooting shows Window screen then the blue screen which says "Unmountable Boot Volume". It mentions rebooting machine. Possible Hardware or software issue. Anybody have this problem? I have built several machines and never seen this problem I even trying reloading Windows same thing. Thanks

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Re:Error Message
by Michael Geist Dec 14, 2003 5:51PM PST
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Re:Error Message...read this MSKB Article...
by David Chan Dec 14, 2003 8:18PM PST
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Re:Re:Error Message...read this MSKB Article...
by ezmon Dec 14, 2003 10:24PM PST

Thanks for the imput. I tried everything that is on the internet and still does not work. Could the hard drive be bad? Thanks

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Re:Re:Re:Error Message...read this MSKB Article...
by David Chan Dec 14, 2003 10:37PM PST

Do you have another HDD totest the installlation of XP?

Or can you run a ChkDsk or Scandisk (if it's in FAT32)?

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Re:Re:Re:Re:Error Message...read this MSKB Article...
by ezmon Dec 14, 2003 10:59PM PST

No, I do not have another hard drive. I am running NTFS.

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Re:Re:Re:Error Message...read this MSKB Article...
by Cursorcowboy Dec 14, 2003 11:23PM PST
I tried everything that is on the internet

1. I don't see that this statement indicates the exact procedure and steps used/followed from the MSKB reference, which David conveniently gave you.

2. Perhaps it would be to your advantage to explicitely state just how the hard drive is setup and configured, as well as any other situation indicative by the system itself.
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Re:Re:Re:Re:Error Message...read this MSKB Article...
by ezmon Dec 15, 2003 12:51AM PST

All I have done so far is format hard drive, as NTFS
I did not partition it. As soon as it is finished it
reboots the Windows XP screen comes on and the blue screen appears. When I ran ckdsk it stated it found errors on boot sector and repaired them. Thanks
to everybody that has helped!!!

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