RE: UNMOUNTABLE-BOOT-VOLUME

YES, YES, YES, please help, I am getting almost the exact same, with the
exceptions of, my blue screen stays...I have run chkdsk /p from recovery
console, gets to about 48% then gives an error and cannot finish. and my
stop code is a little different in the ( ) it is ****STOP: 0x000000ED
(0x82F83B98, 0xC000009c, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) of course its the
UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME.
I ran the IDE Harddrive Diagnostics and my results were:
Primary SATA
-Drive 0: No Device
Secondary SATA
-Drive 0: No Device
Primary IDE
-Drive 0: Maxtor 6Y080L0 - FAIL. Return Code: 7
-Drive 1: No Device
Secondary IDE
-Drive 0: HL-DT-STDVD-ROM G etc. etc. etc.

What exactly is a Return Code: 7??? Anyone know. I have tried to FIXBOOT,
and etc, etc. One Dell Technician tells me I need a new hard drive mine is
toast, I call Dell back and another tech tells me for $130.00 they can help
me reload my OS. Well that there tells me me hard drive is not toast. I can
re-load my own OS for FREE, loosing my file and data, is also NOT AN OPTION,
I know the data is recoverable,, but how?? please help, someone, anyone,
even if I can get it running long enough to backup the data, i will gladly
buy a new computer (that can be bought with money) My files, data, pictures,
home videos, can not be replaced with ANY amount of money, since time machine
is not yet been invented.

Thank You, and MUCH MUCH MUCH PRAISE to you
in advanced if you got any ideas. In the meantime i will check out
the http://aumha.org/win5.kbestop.htm like one post suggested

dumbfounded

"AM in the woods" wrote:

> Have the blue screen
> STOP: 0x000000ED ( 0x82F46E30, 0xC0000006, 0x00000000,0x00000000
>
> No matter what I try at restarting my DELL laptop even asking it to start with
> safe or with networking or to last working order...it goes right back to
> the blue screen....
> any ideas....thnx am

"dumbfounded" <dumbfounded@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C6C7E170-FBDB-4CDF-A056-86755D69D396@microsoft.com...
> YES, YES, YES, please help, I am getting almost the exact same, with the
> exceptions of, my blue screen stays...I have run chkdsk /p from recovery
> console, gets to about 48% then gives an error and cannot finish. and my
> stop code is a little different in the ( ) it is ****STOP: 0x000000ED
> (0x82F83B98, 0xC000009c, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) of course its the
> UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME.
> I ran the IDE Harddrive Diagnostics and my results were:
> Primary SATA
> -Drive 0: No Device
> Secondary SATA
> -Drive 0: No Device
> Primary IDE
> -Drive 0: Maxtor 6Y080L0 - FAIL. Return Code: 7
> -Drive 1: No Device
> Secondary IDE
> -Drive 0: HL-DT-STDVD-ROM G etc. etc. etc.
>
> What exactly is a Return Code: 7???

Drive failure, indicating replacement.

> Anyone know. I have tried to FIXBOOT,
> and etc, etc. One Dell Technician tells me I need a new hard drive mine
> is
> toast,

I would accept that answer. Even if it's slightly wrong, the drive is
clearly unreliable and should be replaced.

> I call Dell back and another tech tells me for $130.00 they can help
> me reload my OS. Well that there tells me me hard drive is not toast.

Don't count on that. You will have spent $130 on an unreliable drive that
*will* fail permanently.

> I can
> re-load my own OS for FREE, loosing my file and data, is also NOT AN
> OPTION,
> I know the data is recoverable,, but how??

See below. Install another drive first.

> please help, someone, anyone,
> even if I can get it running long enough to backup the data, i will gladly
> buy a new computer (that can be bought with money) My files, data,
> pictures,
> home videos, can not be replaced with ANY amount of money, since time
> machine
> is not yet been invented.
>
> Thank You, and MUCH MUCH MUCH PRAISE to you
> in advanced if you got any ideas. In the meantime i will check out
> the http://aumha.org/win5.kbestop.htm like one post suggested
>
> dumbfounded
>
> "AM in the woods" wrote:
>
>> Have the blue screen
>> STOP: 0x000000ED ( 0x82F46E30, 0xC0000006, 0x00000000,0x00000000
>>
>> No matter what I try at restarting my DELL laptop even asking it to start
>> with
>> safe or with networking or to last working order...it goes right back to
>> the blue screen....
>> any ideas....thnx am

That drive looks like it has failed. You should replace it. This isn't
expensive or complicated. Even if it can be coaxed back to life, it
should be regarded as unreliable and replaced. Immediately following data
recovery you should physically retire that drive. Various manufacturers
have had runs of unreliable drives.

Data recovery from the failed drive is an entirely different topic.

If you value the data, stop poking at the Maxtor drive *now*. Get another
drive, and install Windows to it. Only *after* that drive is working,
attach the old drive and see if you can access it.

If you can access it, do NOT run chkdsk in any form; that will likely
make recovery much harder. Image it and restore the image to another drive
if you must run chkdsk. Work on the copy, not the original.

Time is often critical so you need to work quickly. One of the fastest
ways to get *all* the data off a drive is to image it. Download the
Acronis TrueImage trial, which will work for 15 days. Install it and image
the drive; you will need to have installed a drive with enough space.
Incidentally, that should cost less than the $130 you mentioned. I can buy
250 gig drives (desktop size) for about CDN$80. However, based on the
error code 7, you may not get access to the Maxtor drive, and you will have
to pay someone else with the very special and expensive gear needed.

If you can access the drive, this imaging process will give you an image
that you can mount and explore and copy your data from. It is possible
that you will need to mount it in read/write mode so that you can take
ownership of your files.

If you can't access the drive, stop. The drive may have failed electrically
or physically, and there is no way for *you* to fix that.

In that case case recovery must be done by a professional service business.
The service I use has normally charged me between one and five thousand
dollars for data recovery, depending heavily on the amount of data and the
turnaround time required.

If the drive electronics have failed, they can dismantle the drive and mount
the platters on specialised hardware and recover the data. Any reputable
place should give you a free or low-cost estimate and evaluation prior to
starting work, and ask you if you want specific data is needed, and they
will focus on that.

HTH
-pk

[Craven Morehead]

There is an easier way to attempt recovering your data. Boot from a Knoppix live cd, available from www.knoppix.net, and then transfer all of your data to either another internal or external drive(USB preferably).....I have had very much success using this method. Good Luck!!!

Craven
A True Noob

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