<b>WINDOWS XP STOP:0XED UNMOUNTABLE BOOT VOLUME T/S STEPS</b> <p>Windows XP Stop 0xED Unmountable Boot Volume Error : for dell systems
Install the Recovery Console
Prior to booting to the Windows XP Recovery Console, you must install the Recovery Console. To do this, perform the following steps:
1 . Insert the Windows XP CD into the CD drive.
Click the Start button and then click Run. The Run window appears. In the Open: field, type the following line:
X:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons
where X is the drive letter of the CD drive.
2 . Click the OK button.
3 . Follow the instructions on the screen to finish setup.
4 . Click the Start button, click Turn off the computer and then click Restart. </p> <p>
Restart the Computer to the Recovery Console
To restart the system so that it boots to the Recovery Console, perform the following steps:
1. Insert the Windows XP CD
2. Configure the computer to boot from the CD drive.
The prompt Press any key to boot from CD... appears.
3. Press the space bar.
The system will start the Windows XP setup process and at the bottom of the screen the following prompt briefly appears:
Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver…
The Welcome to Setup screen appears.
4. If Windows XP does not natively support the hard drive controller that is in the system, press the <F6> key and proceed.
5.If you pressed the <F6> key in the last step, press the <S> key when prompted and then load the appropriate driver off the floppy disk with the hard drive controller driver.
The Welcome to Setup screen appears.
6.Press the <R> key. The Recovery Console starts and presents a numbered list of Windows installations that it detected on the hard drive. On most systems there will be just one choice.
7. Press the number corresponding to the installation you are troubleshooting and then press the <Enter> key.
8. Type the administrator password to log onto the installation. If there is no administrator password, press the <Enter> key.
 </p> <p>The Recovery Console command prompt appears.
Run the CHKDSK /R command :
1 Insert the Windows XP CD into the CD drive.
2Boot the system from the CD drive.
The prompt Press any key to boot from CD... appears.
3Press the space bar.
The Welcome to Setup dialog box appears.
4 Press the <R> key to repair Windows by using the Recovery Console.
5 Select the number that is associated with the Windows installation you want to log on to, then type the administrator password (or press press the <Enter> key if no administrator password exists).
6 From Recovery Console, type the following command:
CHKDSK /R
7 Press the <Enter> key
8 From the Recovery Console, type the following command:
exit
9 Press the <Enter> key to restart your computer.
10. If the system still will not boot to the hard drive, attempt to run the CHKDSK /R command again. Depending on the corruption on the hard drive, it may take several tries to achieve a complete repair.
NOTE: If the system is slow after performing the CHKDSK/R, then run the Disk Defragmenter application against the hard drive. This will defragment the file system after the repair.
*** IF CHKDSK FAILS THEN HDD NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ****

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