Blue screen startup, complete novice here HELP!

fatpathero · #1 (**permalink**) 21-09-2005, 07:13 PM

Stupidly turned my laptop off straight from the power button (which normally would have no effect) and now when i boot up i am faced with a blue screen with the following message:

A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prvent damage to your computer.

UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME

If this is the first time you've seen this stop error sceen, restart the computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:

Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any windows updates you might need.

If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware of software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then select safe mode.

Technical information:

*** STOP; 0x000000ED (0x80F18030, 0xC0000006, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

Well i have tried starting up in safe mode and i get the same message, ive tried the BIOS thing and the memory options cannot be found and i havent installed any new software or hardware in the past month or so. im going out of my mind here, can someone please help

thanks in advance

Gary

spud · #2 (**permalink**) 21-09-2005, 07:20 PM

welcome to dal the online computer help forum i have been on to microsoft with this problem as i am not to familiar with it and they put me on to this page

please click HERE to go straight to it

if you need further help shout me
hope this helps

fatpathero · #3 (**permalink**) 21-09-2005, 07:24 PM

I am abit stuck as i do not have a windows startup disk, im not to sure that this is the problem as my error doesn't match it exactly

does anyone have any ideas

spud · #4 (**permalink**) 21-09-2005, 07:31 PM

i think you are going to need to find a copy of it to progress with your problem

sorry to bear bad news

madmikejt12 · #5 (**permalink**) 21-09-2005, 08:52 PM

i had exactly that problem, couldnt boot in safemode or anything, had to do clean install of xp (or was that a different time

) anyway, i have had that error, i remember it lol.
You will DEFINATLEY need an xp cd, unless you can access the recovery console and try to fix it that way

fatpathero · #6 (**permalink**) 21-09-2005, 10:40 PM

how do i go about accessing the recovery console?

jephree · #7 (**permalink**) 22-09-2005, 02:02 AM

Unless you have previously uploaded the Recovery Console from the XP CD you will need your XP CD.

Did this computer come with XP installed or did you install it?

If the former check the manual for using your Recovery Disk.

If the latter you will need to get an XP CD.

More variations on the error can be found here;

http://www.google.com/search?q=%200x000000ED

fatpathero · #8 (**permalink**) 22-09-2005, 09:08 AM

laptop was bought as present about 2 years ago, pretty sure it didn't come with any disks which i am puzzled about.

Looks like i will have to go buy a disk and get back to you guys,

thanks so far

spud · #9 (**permalink**) 22-09-2005, 09:31 AM

please reread this again

"Did this computer come with XP installed or did you install it?

If the former check the manual for using your Recovery Disk"

fatpathero · #10 (**permalink**) 22-09-2005, 03:30 PM

it came with it installed