unmountable boot volume

hi guys someone has asked me to look at there laptop for them its a dell latitude d410. now i installed xp on here and we get through the setup process no problems there, but now we go to log into xp for the first time and on the os loading screen and it blue screens me and comes up with unmountable boot volume. so i run chkdsk and bootfix and fixmbr still nothing. so in the end i decided that instead of wasting anymore time looking for solutions ill just install it (and reformat) again and guess what same thing(infact im currently on the 3rd install).
The wierd thing is, is that i can only log into safe mode and nothing eles ie safe with networking.
does anyone have any ideas how i can solve this problem

 

Are you loading from a Dell disk?

Studio T

 

no a actual windows xp disk

 

So why not the Dell disk? Some manufacturers, Dell included, have a custom version of Windows so that activation is not needed. However these disks will only work with the correct manufacturers hardware because of motherboard check codes. Conversely standard windows disks will not always work with the manufacturers (dell) stuff.

You might try a repair install on top of the partial install with your CD
Studio T

 

I believe Dell have a small partition, for recovery purposes, in their setup, as I had a similar problem, some years ago.
You may now find that the rescue disk will not work, but give it a go First.