re: Unexplanable Boot Volume - Boot cycles and won't start
Friday, October 16, 2009 at 8:47 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Adam Bradley
(7829 messages posted)
First things first slave the hard drive to another computer and see if you can get
the file off of it, and from now on you should keep a backup copy somewhere.
As for windows, a you might have a damaged file system, running a chkdsk from the
recovery console might help you out.
On Friday, October 16, 2009 at 8:13 am, Jillian wrote:
>When I turn on my computer I get the "Windows did not shut down properly...safe
mode,
>last good configuration, normally" deal. I have chosen all 3 of those options to
>no avail.
>
>Safe mode runs a list of a bunch of files and freezes.
>
>Both last good configuration and normally go ahead and attempt windows, but then
>I get the blue screen of death and it immediately cycles through the same thing...windows
>did not properly shutdown. It flashes so fast I can't read it all, but I did get
>the following....Unexplanable_Boot_Volume (I'm not sure on the unexplanable part
>but the rest is definately right).
>
>It was working when I left for work but had crashed by the time I got home. I had
>not installed anything within the last few days except maybe an update.
>
>Any ideas??? I desperately need a file off this computer that cannot be duplicated.
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