Blue Screen of Death

Hello all. I have received the dreaded blue screen of death on my laptop. I
am getting the Unmountable boot volume error, however; the error codes are
not consistent with those that signify a damaged file system. I cannot boot
in any way (normal, safe mode, last known good, VGA, etc.) I have tried to
run the recovery console and repair with a chkdsk /r and chkdsk/p. Both times
the result is the same. It scans until it gets to 50% then it shoots up to
75% and then drops back to 50% ans stalls there. It doesn't do anything after
that. The only thing I may think would be a problem is....

I have windows XP with service pack 2 installed on my laptop (I think) and
the setup disk I have is from another computer and it is labeled Windows XP
with service pack 1a.

Any thoughts?

Scott

Please post a complete copy of the Stop Error Report.

Disable automatic restart on system failure. This should help by
allowing time to write down the STOP code properly. Right click on
the My Computer icon on the Desktop and select Properties, Advanced,
Start-Up and Recovery, System Failure and uncheck box before
Automatically Restart.

Do not re-enable automatic restart on system failure even after you have
solved the problem as it's better disabled. Check for variants of the
Stop Error message.

An alternative is to keep pressing the F8 key during Start-Up and select
option - Disable automatic restart on system failure.

If you are using a wireless keyboard and the F8 key does not work
substitute a wired keyboard and mouse for this exercise only.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
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Scott wrote:
> Hello all. I have received the dreaded blue screen of death on my
> laptop. I am getting the Unmountable boot volume error, however; the
> error codes are not consistent with those that signify a damaged file
> system. I cannot boot in any way (normal, safe mode, last known good,
> VGA, etc.) I have tried to run the recovery console and repair with a
> chkdsk /r and chkdsk/p. Both times the result is the same. It scans
> until it gets to 50% then it shoots up to 75% and then drops back to
> 50% ans stalls there. It doesn't do anything after that. The only
> thing I may think would be a problem is....
>
> I have windows XP with service pack 2 installed on my laptop (I
> think) and the setup disk I have is from another computer and it is
> labeled Windows XP with service pack 1a.
>
> Any thoughts?