Comments on: UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME in Windows XP

By: DJ

DJ — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:36:06 +0000

No problem! After being told twice by Dell that your way won’t work, that I need a new hard drive for like $280+, I bought a used CD ROM from eBay for $3.50 and followed your directions. Everything works again. All my stuff is safe. Thank you SO much!! <3

By: admin

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:36:18 +0000

I apologize for the latent response, I have been away from my blog notifications for a few weeks. If you haven’t resolved your CD ROM drive issue by now – most cheap ones will plug and play in place of your broken one. If you are unfamiliar with installing hardware, I recommend consulting with a local computer repair company. REMEMBER to explain that you need to fix the unmountable_boot_volume issue (experienced shops will be able to fix this without wiping your hard drive) and make sure to tell them not to wipe your hard drive.

By: DJ

DJ — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:39:38 +0000

Please don’t forget me. My art portfolio is on that thing, but Dell Support keeps sending me in circles.

By: DJ

DJ — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:42:36 +0000

Wow, thanks for getting back to me so fast. <3
Where might I find the option to boot to USB? I'm not seeing it..
Also, do you mean that the next step is to buy an internal CD ROM drive? Would most cheap ones work readily despite the BSoD, without having to be installed?

By: admin

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:49:23 +0000

The problem that is that you have to boot to the recovery console on the windows installation disk. If you have an external CD ROM drive that runs on USB, you can try booting to USB (if your computer supports it) with the disk in the drive and the drive plugged in (I have never done this before, but it is worth a try.) Otherwise, purchase a working CD ROM drive or have one installed. Please comment here to keep me informed on how you fixed the problem.

By: DJ

DJ — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:30:19 +0000

What if I’m having this error, but I don’t have a working disk drive or CD drive? I have an external CD drive but I can’t get the computer to recognize it instead of the broken one.