unmountable boot volume

beanie10

Hi everyone, I have a pc based dvr running on Windows XP which will not boot. It keeps going through a continuous cycle where the Windows XP loading screen comes up, then display an Intel page where I have the option of pressing f2 for boot options. If I press nothing the boot options black screen comes up(safe mode, start windows normally etc) and states unmountable boot volume.
Anybody have any ideas on how to solve this??

bonzodog2

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2605/fixing_the_dreaded_unmountable_boot_volume_error/

beanie10

That looks good, what are my options if I dont have the disk?

Finnbar01

Apologies for bumping an old thread. I'm having the same problem with my lap top. Unfortunately I don't have the recovery disk.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this without the disk?

free_man

Borrow a Windows XP/7 disk from a friend.

Finnbar01

free_man wrote: »

Borrow a Windows XP/7 disk from a friend.

I've tried that. I keep getting this message:

Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.

Does anyone know how I can do this?

free_man

When is the message displayed (during install/booting from CD)?
What is the make and model of the laptop ?

yoyo

Finnbar01 wrote: »

I've tried that. I keep getting this message:

Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.

Does anyone know how I can do this?

Are you using an XP or Windows 7 disk? If it's an XP one go into the bios, find SATA configuration and change it to IDE/Legacy mode instead of AHCI.

Nick

Finnbar01

free_man wrote: »

When is the message displayed (during install/booting from CD)?

I get the message whether I'm using the CD or not. The repair CD doesn't seem to make any difference.

I turn on the laptop and press pf1. That takes me to another screen which informs me to press pf8 for advanced boot options, which I do.

On the advanced boot options screen I select the: Disable automatic restart on system failure.

The Starting windows message comes up and after a few minutes I get the unmountable boot volume display.

What is the make and model of the laptop ?

It is an emachine and the model name is Hi tachi.

Finnbar01

yoyo wrote: »

Are you using an XP or Windows 7 disk? If it's an XP one go into the bios, find SATA configuration and change it to IDE/Legacy mode instead of AHCI.

Nick

I'm using a Windows 7 disk. I created the disk from a friends laptop.

yoyo

Finnbar01 wrote: »

I'm using a Windows 7 disk. I created the disk from a friends laptop.

Did you download a "clean iso" or are you using a disk specifically configured for the friends laptop? The reason I'm asking is many laptop recovery solutions are pre-loaded with machine specific drivers and may not work on other hardware, generally they won't.
The unmountable boot volume error sounds like a failed hard disk being honest

Nick