"STOP 0x000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" Error Message
 

I have had WinXP Pro installed on an 80G WD harddrive since April.
After hundreds of boots, I now get the apparently well-known error
message

"STOP 0x000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME"

This started suddenly for no reason. I had used the computer the night
before to scan some pictures, shut it down, and the next day saw this
message. There had been no software or hardware changes. I searched
old postings and went to the MS website and the message seems to flag
the cable or harddrive. The cable is the proper 80 pin. I have an old
30G harddrive with WinXP that I had used before upgrading to the 80G
WD, so I unplugged the WD and plugged in the old harddive, and it
booted perfectly, so did an old Win98 harddrive. At this point I
thought bad harddrive or corrupted files, so I made the WD a slave and
booted XP with the old 30G. I could see and read the WD, however,
everything under MY DOCUMENTS either was gone or was invisible to me.
Everything else was readable. It's the files in MY DOCUMENTS I want to
get. Not all of them are backed up. The next thing I tried was to
place the WD back as the C: drive and to boot from the WINXP CD,
thinking I would try to repair the installation. However, the computer
sees the CD, says it can boot from it, seems to start the process,
then hangs. I tried the same thing with the old WinXP harddrive as C:
and it boots properly from the CD.
So, my questions are,
1) Does this sound like a bad harddrive?
2) If not, why would the error message start after WinXP working well
for so long?
3) Why can't I see the contents of MY DOCUMENTS when the WD is a slave
and I'm booting to another harddrive? Are the contents gone or are
they hidden since the administrator of the WD drive did not log in? Do
I need to reset some permissions on the WD somehow, and can I do that
from the old 30G drive?
4) Can I use the WinXP CD to repair the WD drive? How can I get the
system to finish booting from the CD? How can the WD harddrive affect
booting from the CD?
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Jerry

Re: "STOP 0x000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" Error Message
 

Hi

Please try the following link to Jim Eshelman's web site - left hand
column(ED):

http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm

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<melbjer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:v2s7n0hdv22kj802r1aos52stcnnvuidig@4ax.com...
>
>
> I have had WinXP Pro installed on an 80G WD harddrive since April.
> After hundreds of boots, I now get the apparently well-known error
> message
>
> "STOP 0x000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME"
>
> This started suddenly for no reason. I had used the computer the night
> before to scan some pictures, shut it down, and the next day saw this
> message. There had been no software or hardware changes. I searched
> old postings and went to the MS website and the message seems to flag
> the cable or harddrive. The cable is the proper 80 pin. I have an old
> 30G harddrive with WinXP that I had used before upgrading to the 80G
> WD, so I unplugged the WD and plugged in the old harddive, and it
> booted perfectly, so did an old Win98 harddrive. At this point I
> thought bad harddrive or corrupted files, so I made the WD a slave and
> booted XP with the old 30G. I could see and read the WD, however,
> everything under MY DOCUMENTS either was gone or was invisible to me.
> Everything else was readable. It's the files in MY DOCUMENTS I want to
> get. Not all of them are backed up. The next thing I tried was to
> place the WD back as the C: drive and to boot from the WINXP CD,
> thinking I would try to repair the installation. However, the computer
> sees the CD, says it can boot from it, seems to start the process,
> then hangs. I tried the same thing with the old WinXP harddrive as C:
> and it boots properly from the CD.
> So, my questions are,
> 1) Does this sound like a bad harddrive?
> 2) If not, why would the error message start after WinXP working well
> for so long?
> 3) Why can't I see the contents of MY DOCUMENTS when the WD is a slave
> and I'm booting to another harddrive? Are the contents gone or are
> they hidden since the administrator of the WD drive did not log in? Do
> I need to reset some permissions on the WD somehow, and can I do that
> from the old 30G drive?
> 4) Can I use the WinXP CD to repair the WD drive? How can I get the
> system to finish booting from the CD? How can the WD harddrive affect
> booting from the CD?
> Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
> Jerry
>

Re: "STOP 0x000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" Error Message
 

When you have the drive connected as slave and booting into XP (with your
old drive) you say you can read the slave but can't see any files in the My
Documents directory. Are you looking in the correct My Documents directory.
By default an XP installation should have an Administrator account and at
least one User account (the account you normally log on to) Each account
will have a My Documents directory. Look under Documents and
Settings\<username>\My Documents to ensure you have opened the correct
directory.

Also have you tried searching for a specific file that you recall being in
the My Documents folder? Perhaps they have been moved to another location.

If, when you try to access My Documents on the slave you get an error
message that you are denied access you will need to take ownership of the
directory check here http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

It is possible that the drive is bad. You might want to try using recovery
software to see if you can salvage any of your lost files. Ontrack has a
demo here http://www.ontrack.com/easyrecoverylite/ While it won't recover
files it will show you if they are present and then you can decide if you
want to purchase the product.

Whatever you do try not to copy data to the problem drive as doing so runs
the risk of overwriting files.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


<melbjer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:v2s7n0hdv22kj802r1aos52stcnnvuidig@4ax.com...
|
|
| I have had WinXP Pro installed on an 80G WD harddrive since April.
| After hundreds of boots, I now get the apparently well-known error
| message
|
| "STOP 0x000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME"
|
| This started suddenly for no reason. I had used the computer the night
| before to scan some pictures, shut it down, and the next day saw this
| message. There had been no software or hardware changes. I searched
| old postings and went to the MS website and the message seems to flag
| the cable or harddrive. The cable is the proper 80 pin. I have an old
| 30G harddrive with WinXP that I had used before upgrading to the 80G
| WD, so I unplugged the WD and plugged in the old harddive, and it
| booted perfectly, so did an old Win98 harddrive. At this point I
| thought bad harddrive or corrupted files, so I made the WD a slave and
| booted XP with the old 30G. I could see and read the WD, however,
| everything under MY DOCUMENTS either was gone or was invisible to me.
| Everything else was readable. It's the files in MY DOCUMENTS I want to
| get. Not all of them are backed up. The next thing I tried was to
| place the WD back as the C: drive and to boot from the WINXP CD,
| thinking I would try to repair the installation. However, the computer
| sees the CD, says it can boot from it, seems to start the process,
| then hangs. I tried the same thing with the old WinXP harddrive as C:
| and it boots properly from the CD.
| So, my questions are,
| 1) Does this sound like a bad harddrive?
| 2) If not, why would the error message start after WinXP working well
| for so long?
| 3) Why can't I see the contents of MY DOCUMENTS when the WD is a slave
| and I'm booting to another harddrive? Are the contents gone or are
| they hidden since the administrator of the WD drive did not log in? Do
| I need to reset some permissions on the WD somehow, and can I do that
| from the old 30G drive?
| 4) Can I use the WinXP CD to repair the WD drive? How can I get the
| system to finish booting from the CD? How can the WD harddrive affect
| booting from the CD?
| Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
|
| Jerry
|

Re: "STOP 0x000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" Error Message
 

Restart the computer to the Recovery Console, use the
chkdsk /r command to repair the volume. The /r switch locates
bad sectors and recovers readable information.

How to install and use the Recovery Console in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;307654

Recovery Console in Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_rec.htm


<melbjer@hotmail.com> wrote
>
> I have had WinXP Pro installed on an 80G WD harddrive since April.
> After hundreds of boots, I now get the apparently well-known error
> message
>
> "STOP 0x000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME"
>
> This started suddenly for no reason. I had used the computer the night
> before to scan some pictures, shut it down, and the next day saw this
> message. There had been no software or hardware changes. I searched
> old postings and went to the MS website and the message seems to flag
> the cable or harddrive. The cable is the proper 80 pin. I have an old
> 30G harddrive with WinXP that I had used before upgrading to the 80G
> WD, so I unplugged the WD and plugged in the old harddive, and it
> booted perfectly, so did an old Win98 harddrive. At this point I
> thought bad harddrive or corrupted files, so I made the WD a slave and
> booted XP with the old 30G. I could see and read the WD, however,
> everything under MY DOCUMENTS either was gone or was invisible to me.
> Everything else was readable. It's the files in MY DOCUMENTS I want to
> get. Not all of them are backed up. The next thing I tried was to
> place the WD back as the C: drive and to boot from the WINXP CD,
> thinking I would try to repair the installation. However, the computer
> sees the CD, says it can boot from it, seems to start the process,
> then hangs. I tried the same thing with the old WinXP harddrive as C:
> and it boots properly from the CD.
> So, my questions are,
> 1) Does this sound like a bad harddrive?
> 2) If not, why would the error message start after WinXP working well
> for so long?
> 3) Why can't I see the contents of MY DOCUMENTS when the WD is a slave
> and I'm booting to another harddrive? Are the contents gone or are
> they hidden since the administrator of the WD drive did not log in? Do
> I need to reset some permissions on the WD somehow, and can I do that
> from the old 30G drive?
> 4) Can I use the WinXP CD to repair the WD drive? How can I get the
> system to finish booting from the CD? How can the WD harddrive affect
> booting from the CD?
> Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
> Jerry
>

Re: "STOP 0x000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" Error Message
 

"STOP 0x000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" Error
Message When You Restart Your Computer or Upgrade to
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=297185

Stop 0x000000ED Error Message When Volume on IDE Drive
with Caching Enabled Is Mounted
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315403


On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 17:13:47 GMT, in
<v2s7n0hdv22kj802r1aos52stcnnvuidig@4ax.com>
melbjer@hotmail.com scrawled:

>
>
>I have had WinXP Pro installed on an 80G WD harddrive since April.
>After hundreds of boots, I now get the apparently well-known error
>message
>
>"STOP 0x000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME"
>
>This started suddenly for no reason. I had used the computer the night
>before to scan some pictures, shut it down, and the next day saw this
>message. There had been no software or hardware changes. I searched
>old postings and went to the MS website and the message seems to flag
>the cable or harddrive. The cable is the proper 80 pin. I have an old
>30G harddrive with WinXP that I had used before upgrading to the 80G
>WD, so I unplugged the WD and plugged in the old harddive, and it
>booted perfectly, so did an old Win98 harddrive. At this point I
>thought bad harddrive or corrupted files, so I made the WD a slave and
>booted XP with the old 30G. I could see and read the WD, however,
>everything under MY DOCUMENTS either was gone or was invisible to me.
>Everything else was readable. It's the files in MY DOCUMENTS I want to
>get. Not all of them are backed up. The next thing I tried was to
>place the WD back as the C: drive and to boot from the WINXP CD,
>thinking I would try to repair the installation. However, the computer
>sees the CD, says it can boot from it, seems to start the process,
>then hangs. I tried the same thing with the old WinXP harddrive as C:
>and it boots properly from the CD.
>So, my questions are,
>1) Does this sound like a bad harddrive?
>2) If not, why would the error message start after WinXP working well
>for so long?
>3) Why can't I see the contents of MY DOCUMENTS when the WD is a slave
>and I'm booting to another harddrive? Are the contents gone or are
>they hidden since the administrator of the WD drive did not log in? Do
>I need to reset some permissions on the WD somehow, and can I do that
>from the old 30G drive?
>4) Can I use the WinXP CD to repair the WD drive? How can I get the
>system to finish booting from the CD? How can the WD harddrive affect
>booting from the CD?
>Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
>Jerry

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0x000000ed...unmountable boot volume
 

Hi, I'm posting d least time consuming and easy resolution....
Boot from d OS(win XP) cd..on d we'll come to setup window, press 'R', it'll take u to d recovery console window...at the C:>prompt, type "chkdsk /p" (without d inverted commas)/ u may get a message: found one or more errors in d volume after it's done...type: chkdsk /p again and press enter..continue doing it till the message: found one or more errors do not appear...then type: fixboot and press enter...type "y" and enter to confirm...u should be all set...:)

curve ball
 

well allow me to throw a curve ball into this mixup. fixing the installation and boot via coman prompts would work..as obviously seen in the past..but what happens when you cant boot from cd?.. not for lack of having the correct and verify'd windows OS instalation disc, but for the computers trouble in reading it?. i have a dell latitude c610..yes i know its kinda old.. 30g hdd and i got it with this issue in hoping to solve it.. i was confident in just re installing windows and drivers but it wont read the disc to do so.. and since it wont allow me to boot up in safe mode with comand prompt i cant do anything to force it. if i disable all boot actions except from the optical drive then it simply does nothing. i get a blank screen with a bleeping whit line. it acts as if its trying to read it but just never does...so how can i fix this aside from obtaining a new hdd?.