Some of you may have experienced “Unmountable Boot Volume” blue screen error message when Windows XP first start up. The error occurs usually because windows did not shut down properly.
To resolve the problem you simply need to run scandisk or chkdsk command. But since windows unable to load properly, you will need another computer and connect the HDD as a slave or you can use BartPE – Windows XP Live on CD.
After you got BartPE up and running, open Command Prompt and type chkdsk c: /r. That command will check the C drive and also fix errors and locate bad sectors.
After completed running the chkdsk command, you may restart your computer and boot from your HDD.
Please note that if chkdsk found bad sectors in your HDD, it will try to recover the files but will not be able to permanently fix bad sectors. I strongly recommend you to immediately buy a new HDD and copy all your files.
Bad sectors are not repairable. Eventhough someone claimed that he can repair bad sectors, it still doesn’t worth it. Your data are more valuable than a cheap harddrive, unless off course if you don’t have any important data then you don’t have anything to worry about.
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