Unrelenting Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 some may remember my old error on my desktop, well it came back 2 days after that happened and I wake up this morning to a STOP error (0x000000ED) UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME. I don't think it's my HDD as my bios is recognizing it. but I'm trying to formatte my drive/reinstall windows but its not reading the disk, could my CD rom be done for as it was letting off a large hum for a while(sounded like it was scratching the cd, but wasn't). I think my HDD could also be fried, we did have a recent power outage. and the compupter was on, and the power was surging for quite a bit. I'm guessing thats why...need some feedback before I spend more money on this tonka toy instead of building my own! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjdx88 Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Are you handy? Like open up a computer and not f things up? If so take a CDrom drive from another comp and see if thats the issue.Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oolatec Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Do you have the original XP/Vista/etc disc? Just put it in and try to reboot from that... and repair the OS. At least give it a shot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromecarz00 Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 This is gonna make you laugh.I take mine out, find out theres a shattered cd in there, get as many pieces out as I can, tap it hard a few times,good as new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*HOT&SMOKING* Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 QUOTE (chromecarz00 @ May 7 2008, 08:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>This is gonna make you laugh.I take mine out, find out theres a shattered cd in there, get as many pieces out as I can, tap it hard a few times,good as new.LOL indeed it did make me laugh!!A shattered cd in there ...unbelievable lol -H&S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unrelenting Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share Posted May 7, 2008 QUOTE (mjdx88 @ May 6 2008, 07:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Are you handy? Like open up a computer and not f things up? If so take a CDrom drive from another comp and see if thats the issue.MikeI am but I don't have a spare CD drive to take out. The Bios is recognizing the drive, so I don't think that is, and whoever asked if I had the CD, it wont boot from CD, it says something about a failure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Goodypants Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Does it do the same for the hard drive? Did it just stop booting to HDD and CD, or is it just one?If it's both it's probably something on your motherboard. IDE controller most likely. The odds of 2 drives failing at once without anything else being wrong are pretty damn low.Get a friend to lend you a drive and swap them, that'll tell you what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScotsman Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 0x000000ED is a Udma controller error. Cable loose would be best guess since it was recently invaded by service personnel. Can also check your BIOS settings, it could be set to force fastest UDMA mode, set auto, or config to low end. You don't say what OS, SB server 03 has a problem with some norton software.Worst would be damaged file system, and needing a reinstall. I would much rather deal with hardware problems than the reformat/reinstall/update dance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoalition Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 change out the hdd cable first. then run drive fitness test on it. find it here:http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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