winXP not loading

hi i had a power outage the other day (yes i have a surge protector, and had never had any problems befor from power outtages, also it wasnt even raining so i dont know why it browned out) anyways when it went to start windows up it asked me how i wanted to start it (normally, safe mode, safe mode with network, and last good known startup (or something like that, i got the computer torn down right now, till i get this computer up and running how i want it))
then no matter what i pick a blue screen pops up for what has to be less than a half second, and the computer reboots?
any suggestions
should have the problem computer set up to try stuff by the time someone replies to this

thanx in advance

 

no matter what i pick it does the same thing?

 

Can you get into your BIOS? Try pressing the "Delete" key right at the intial boot-up. In the BIOS possibly under "Advanced BIOS Features look for an option that says Quick Boot and make sure this is disabled, save and exit BIOS. On the reboot your system should perform the memory scan. Has this occureed and where there any error messages. This will coarsely explore whether there is bad memory.

Post back and we will see what we can do.

 

sorry,
should have put this in earlier.
already tried that, no errors
also i put an old hard drive in i had laying around that had windows ME on it
it will boot up fine if i tell it to use that hard drive?
but because its windows ME it wont read the other hard drive.

 

Do you have an XP boot CD and can you get into the recovery console?!?

 

no.......its a long story,.....its posted in another thread around here somewhere.....but no is the short version

 

Can you hit F8 right before windows starts up, to select the option to disable automatic restart, so we can troubleshoot the BSOD (Blue screen of death)? Without the CD, it is quite tough to troubleshoot this one.

Which is why I do not understand that OEMs do not automatically install the recovery console option.

Anyone can automatically install this, via the run command : winnt32 /cmdcons <--- this will install the recovery console.....

 

ok finally got to see the BSOD
says problem is
UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME

 

Okay here a couple of links on UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME:

M$;
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=297185

Better;
http://www.techtips4u.com/kb/sw/SW00014.htm

The best I have at the moment;
http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2006/2006-06-05.htm

Follow all the links in Langa's link in the first post. The second has a link if you don't have an XP CD but you will need to have 6 floppies.

 

im reading thru the links bold eagle just posted right now,
and im wondering, i have a win XP disc (except its a media center edition) from my new computer...can i use that...or will that mess things up?

 

the code that keeps coming up is
0x000000ED

 

Yes you can use another XP CD if you are only using the "Recovery Console" for salvaging purposes but I wouldn't do any reinstalls etc with it (unless you know how).

 

it keeps locking up or somthing every time i try to use the disk............

 

anyone know where i can go to get the info to make a simple boot disk CD that will work for my problem?

 

This link may help;

http://www.short-media.com/download.php?dc=59

Link for some emergency disks.

The best troubleshooting disk I can think off the top my head is the "Ultimate Boot CD" avail at this site and check them out on google, it will have many recovery tools plus a recovery console of sorts;

http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4981

 

Try using system restore to put your computer back to a date before the problem. Sounds like the registry.