BSOD 0x000000ED

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by T.G., Jul 27, 2009.

  1. T.G.

    T.G. Private E-2

    The last few days I kept getting "blue screens of death" with different STOP codes while working on my computer. Now my computer can't even boot anymore: when it tries to load Windows the blue screen appears with the following code:
    0x000000ED (0x872BFE30, 0XC0000185, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

    I've already tried the following things:
    - Boot into safe mode --> blue screen
    - Ran checkdisk from 2 different Windows CD's --> when I choose "r" for repair the setup hangs after a few seconds. The harddisk makes a "ticking" sound :(
    - Ran Dell Hard Drive Diagnostics --> Fail. Return Code: 4
    - replaced the SATA cable with a new one --> no effect..

    My system:
    Dell Dimension 5000
    Pentium 4 - 3,2 Ghz
    1024 MB Ram
    Harddisk: Western Digital Caviar WD2500KS-00MJB0 (250 GB)
    OS: Windows XP

    Can someone help me with this problem?.
     
    T.G., Jul 27, 2009
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  2. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    In zip drives this was known as the click of death.

    STOP Error 0x000000ED: UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME
    STOP error 0xED means that the I/O subsystem attempted to mount the boot volume and it failed. STOP code 0x000000ED may also display "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" on the same STOP message.

    For this I found
    From all signs, it looks like you had a dying and now dead hard drive.
    If it is still under warranty, contact Dell.

    I was hoping to find a listing from Dell with all the error codes but so far I've come up empty.
     
    plodr, Jul 27, 2009
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  3. rjc862003

    rjc862003 Corporal

    yep sounds like that hard-drive is dead
     
    rjc862003, Jul 28, 2009
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  4. T.G.

    T.G. Private E-2

    Thanks for your help.

    I connected the disk to my laptop (SATA to USB cable) today and it started to make that ticking sound again, so it must be dead.

    I tried to recover some data using recovery software but it failed. Last option is the "freezing method". Western Digital offers a product replacement service so I contacted them. Do you think Western Digital will see any damage to my harddisk after I tried the freezing trick?

    Only one question remains: what can I do to prevent my new hard disk from crashing? This is my second dead hard disk in 3 years, the last one was only a few months old. What am I doing wrong? Or is it just bad luck?
     
    T.G., Jul 29, 2009
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  5. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    It's the luck of the draw. Some companies have a run of bad drives in certain years, other times the drives work perfectly for years.

    I store very little in the way of important files on my hard drives, simply because I expect them to fail. Anything worth keeping should be burned to a CD or DVD. I also image my hd about once a month so if windows doesn't start, I load the image and only have updates to things like AV and windows to grab.
     
    plodr, Jul 29, 2009
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