{"id":217,"date":"2008-06-05T21:37:17","date_gmt":"2008-06-06T01:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eyoungwon.com\/journal\/?p=217"},"modified":"2008-06-05T21:37:17","modified_gmt":"2008-06-06T01:37:17","slug":"fixing-a-windows-unmountable-boot-volume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eyoungwon.com\/journal\/fixing-a-windows-unmountable-boot-volume\/","title":{"rendered":"Fixing a Windows Unmountable Boot Volume"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I did to fix the unmountable boot volume<\/strong><\/p>\n

The basic problem has been encountered by countless Windows users: A Blue Screen of Death that states somewhere in its total melt down of error information \u201cUnmountable Boot Volume.\u201d\u00a0 To fix the problem I had to boot the computer from a Windows XP CD in order to enter recovery mode. Then, I ran CHKDSK \/p to repair the volume, ran FIXBOOT to rewrite the boot section, and rebooted the computer. Everything went off without a hitch and now my nephew is back in business.<\/p>\n

Boot Windows XP CD, CHKDSK, and FIXBOOT in greater detail<\/strong><\/p>\n

My road to repair sounds easy, and for the most part it is; however, in an effort to be more complete, here is a more detailed description of each of the steps previously listed:<\/p>\n

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  1. Insert your Windows XP CD into your CDROM and restart your computer.<\/li>\n
  2. Depending on the boot sequence defined in your computer\u2019s BIOS, you may have to enter into the BIOS and set the CDROM as the first boot device.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Note: Normally, during the initial start up a message is displayed on the screen instructing you to press <DEL> or some other key to enter the BIOS. Depending on the speed of your computer, you may have to restart your computer several times to catch the message and hit the right key in time; however, when in doubt, refer to your computer\u2019s documentation<\/em><\/p>\n

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    1. Once the Windows XP CD has completely booted you\u2019ll be left with 3 options: install a new copy, repair an existing copy, and quit<\/li>\n
    2. Choose the repair option<\/li>\n
    3. The repair console will open and prompt you to select the Windows installation you want to repair. Normally this option is C:\\WINDOWS.<\/li>\n
    4. Select installation you want to repair to continue which will ultimately leave you at a command prompt (normally C:\\WINDOWS).<\/li>\n
    5. At the prompt enter CHKDSK \/P to check for errors on your hard drive.<\/li>\n
    6. In the case of my\u00a0clients computer, CHKDSK cycled through the \u201cperforming additional checking or recovery\u2026\u201d process 3 times before it was finished. One of the last messages that CHKDSK wrote to my screen was \u201cchkdsk found one or more errors on the volume\u201d. Okay, that was good news\u2026 I think. Hopefully, it also repaired those problems.<\/li>\n
    7. Next, type FIXBOOT at the command prompt and press enter. You\u2019ll get asked about whether you really want to write a new bootsector to the C: partition. Type \u201cy\u201d for yes.<\/li>\n
    8. FIXBOOT runs pretty fast, but it should leave 2 more messages on the screen: \u201cFIXBOOT is writing a new boot sector\u201d, and \u201cthe new bootsector was successfully written.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      After you\u2019re done with each of these steps, it\u2019s time for the moment of truth \u2014 remove the CD from the drive, reboot your machine, and hope for the best.<\/p>\n

      If these steps don\u2019t solve this problem, try it again just in case you missed something or by some other fluke the initial repairs didn\u2019t take. If a second attempt still doesn\u2019t solve the problem, it\u2019s time to start thinking about a fresh install.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      What I did to fix the unmountable boot volume The basic problem has been encountered by countless Windows users: A Blue Screen of Death that states somewhere in its total melt down of error information \u201cUnmountable Boot Volume.\u201d\u00a0 To fix the problem I had to boot the computer from a Windows XP CD in order […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computersnetworks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eyoungwon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eyoungwon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eyoungwon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eyoungwon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eyoungwon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eyoungwon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eyoungwon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eyoungwon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eyoungwon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}