Resolved Dell Dimension 5000 BSOD

Hi,

Another PC another blue screen!

Dell Dimension 5000 XPSP3

IE8 was downloaded immediately before the stop error

Unmountable_boot_volume

Stop error 0x000000ED (0x8736F030, 0xC000009C, 0x00000000,0x00000000)

I can't get XP to load even in safe mode it just boots to BSOD.

The HDD is SATA. I have tried to connect an older IDE hard drive which I know works. I set the jumpers to master, the PC can see it but won't boot from it. I was hoping to slave the original and copy the data from it. I ran the disk diagnostic from the boot menu and got Error code 7. Dell reckon this recoverable, I'm doubtful. Any suggestions would be warmly welcomed.

 

When you restart your computer or upgrade to Windows XP, you receive the "STOP 0x000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" error message