View Full Version : Changed drive letter, now it hangs after XP loads
Mitternacht
12-30-2007, 12:09 AM
One of my computers I needed to restore; its drive letter changed to F. I used Microsoft's online guides to edit the registry and change the drive letter back to C. Did everything it said, restarted, and it hung after Xp loaded. I shut it off, restarted it, and now I have a BSoD saying "INMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME."
Any ideas?
slytherock
12-30-2007, 12:11 AM
Have you tried booting only with that drive? no other one?
Is it a dual boot system?
Look at boot.ini. There's probably a change you need to make in there.
Mitternacht
12-30-2007, 12:15 AM
well right now I'm trying the "chkdsc /r" function through the repair console.
Mitternacht
12-30-2007, 12:43 AM
Bluescreen is gone, but it still freezes after XP boots up. I'm gonna try safe mode now.
damn; still hangs even in safe mode. Time to slave it and check the boot.ini file.
Greco101
12-31-2007, 04:29 PM
Best way to change drive letters would be through "Computer management" in admin tools.
(start>control panel>performance and maintenance>admin tools>computer management>storage>disk management> then right click on the drive and select change drive letter and paths.)
If possible, change it back the way you changed it and see how it acts.
slytherock
12-31-2007, 04:37 PM
Bluescreen is gone, but it still freezes after XP boots up. I'm gonna try safe mode now.
damn; still hangs even in safe mode. Time to slave it and check the boot.ini file.
I had something similar once; turned out I had a DVCAM plugued in firewire, the system saw it as a drive.
Have you tried in VGA mode? may be a driver issue.
It sounds like your boot.ini is not pointing to the right boot drive. That would be the next place I would look. You may also have corrupted MBR files.
Luke122
01-09-2008, 01:22 PM
"chkdsk /mbr" can sometimes help..
Mitternacht
01-09-2008, 01:26 PM
Thanks for the help guys. I actually just ended up reinstalling XP and moved the files back over.
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