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ModelPerfect · 07-14-2007, 12:08 PM

There I was happily clicking around on eBay looking for a bigger hard drive, when an unexpected (are they ever really expected?) split-second power outage/spike shut me down.

When I tried to restart, it says "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" and will not restart even under safe mode.

I finally decided to run a repair on the my XP Pro installation (not using recovery console). Well, it went straight to the installation page after the agreement, rather than giving the usual repair option. That generally means it did not find a version of Windows already on the drive or that it is very seriously corrupted. Hmm.

I then tried to repair through recovery console using FITBOOT. It did say the boot sectors were bad and supposedly fixed them, but I'm getting the same problem.

What else can I try?

I suppose the problem can be hardware based, but I do use surge protectors (not that that is 100% effective). What do you think?

Thanks in advance.

-Logan

07-14-2007, 12:08 PM
ModelPerfect Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: USA Posts: 2,862	Computer is FUBAR...Any suggestions? There I was happily clicking around on eBay looking for a bigger hard drive, when an unexpected (are they ever really expected?) split-second power outage/spike shut me down. When I tried to restart, it says "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" and will not restart even under safe mode. I finally decided to run a repair on the my XP Pro installation (not using recovery console). Well, it went straight to the installation page after the agreement, rather than giving the usual repair option. That generally means it did not find a version of Windows already on the drive or that it is very seriously corrupted. Hmm. I then tried to repair through recovery console using FITBOOT. It did say the boot sectors were bad and supposedly fixed them, but I'm getting the same problem. What else can I try? I suppose the problem can be hardware based, but I do use surge protectors (not that that is 100% effective). What do you think? Thanks in advance. -Logan __________________ Logan modelperfect [at] gmail.com http://www.modelperfect.com (Proudly hosted at www.webair.com )