Plz Help Me!!!!! Paying $20 for a fix.

[raise334]

Recently my hp windows xp will not boot and I do not currently have a restore disk. I have a mac and was wondering if i can make a usb windows xp on my mac and put it in my hp windows xp comp.

 

[Shane]

Hi,

First of all we don't take donations on here,All advice and suggestions is for free

Why wont your system boot..is it giving you a message or error code?

 

[raise334]

the dreaded unmountable boot volume

 

[raise334]

i was playing TF2 it froze so i turned my computer off by holding power button then when I restarted it is in an endless boot loop then the dreaded error

 

[johnb35]

Unmountable boot volume means you have errors on the drive. They may be fixed or the drive may be totally going out on you. What brand of drive is it?

 

[raise334]

Idk what drive it is I. Just got the computer recently

 

[raise334]

Ordered online so I can't return it

 

[raise334]

I have an hp dc 7900

 

[S.T.A.R.S.]

Have you tryed to access the hard disk drive by booting Linux Ubuntu directly from the CD-ROM disk?
If on that way you can access the HDD and all the contents on it then the HDD luckily works good.

So try that first to make sure...

You can also use Windows XP CD-ROM disk and boot from it to the RECOVERY CONSOLE and use "fixmbr" and "fixboot" commands to fix any boot errors (if there are any)...

From there you can also use CHKDSK to fix errors on the drive on each partition(s) you have on it by using 4 parameters: /F /R /X /V

 

[raise334]

The problem is I dont have my windows xp disk and I have a mac But I Dont know how to burn or make a windows xp disk on my mac to fix my HP.

 

[S.T.A.R.S.]

Try the thing with Ubuntu I wrote first in my previous post.
It's free for the download...

 

[m3incorp]

Okay so that is the slim business computer from 2009. A computer with that error is not a windows issue, it's a hard drive issue. HP typically put the product key on the outside of the computer. So what you probably need is a replacement hard drive, a legitimate copy of Windows XP and your product key and you should be good to go.

 

[Okedokey]

You can use any modern Windows DVD to fix the installation.

Download this and burn it to a DVD on another computer.

Put it in the broken computer and boot from it.

Choose repair installation and let it complete.

Restart

Once back in Windows, right click on your Windows Install Drive (usually c:/) in My Computer and select properties / tools and select check disk. Check both checkboxes and select check disk, it will want to restart. Let it restart and check the disks.