It's windows xp and the message comes up every 3-5 months saying the computer has been shut down to prevent damage to the computer (happens just before the 3 dots passing under windows logo). Blue screen saying unmountable boot volume. Please HELP!
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Have been watching this question because I was hoping someone knew the answer. Apparently they don't. My only guess would be that you have too much memory stored up, and need to use your disc cleaner more often. If you are not happy with the disc cleaner that came with the computer, you can download a free CCleaner {crap cleaner}, at http://www.ccleaner.com ---good luck. \nHow much RAM do you have? You may need to add more, or delete/uninstall some of the stuff you have on your computer.
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This could be a cooling issue, check your fans and dust out your system. I saw one system the other day that did this because of the massive amount of dust, even though the fans were still turning. \nAlso try starting the computer in safe mode and see if it works then or locks up without restarting. A bad XP install will cause this sort of action. Sometimes there is a bios option that tells the system to restart on error, you can turn this off to help diagnose the problem.
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Try booting into safemode, log in under the administrator account and see what happens. if the same thing then maybe you can do a system restore from the command prompt: \nhttp://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304449\nTry restoring the computer to a time when it last worked. If that doesnt work and you have your windows xp disk, boot from it load the recovery console and try a chkdsk /r. More info on the recovery console here: \nhttp://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/bootcons_chkdsk.mspx?mfr=true\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/recovery_run_console.mspx?mfr=true\nAll else fails, reinstall the OS.
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The Blue Screen of Death..... try to start in safe mode. if that will not work,  your HD might be Dead....
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If you can't actually get anything to come up - by that I mean that you never even see the initial Windows logo, you can run the Recovery console from your Windows XP Installation CD.\n\nThis article: Windows XP Crashed? Here's Help gives a step-by-step overview of the process. This also applies if you didn't install the recovery console beforehand.\n\nRegardless of how you got there, the recovery console will allow you to copy files, perhaps undo a recent installation, or fix the master boot record, should that have become corrupt.\n\nIf that doesn't work perhaps maybe hardware problem: Default/Old  Hard drive, Ram, Video Card.....
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yo boobooed\nthe easiest fix, is to boot from your windows xp cd, and when given options, the first time it asks, say intstall, the secon time say repair, it will do a non-destructive install and replace any bad or missing files or associations.\nYou could check in the recycle bin and if it is in there, restore it
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You can try defragging it in the safe mode.  To use a Safe Boot option, follow these steps: \n\n1.Restart your computer and start pressing the F8 key on your keyboard. On a computer that is configured for booting to multiple operating systems, you can press the F8 key when you the Boot Menu appears.\n\n2.Select an option when the Windows Advanced Options menu appears, and then press ENTER.\n\n3.When the Boot menu appears again, and the words "Safe Mode" appear in blue at the bottom, select the installation that you want to start, and then press ENTER.\n\nOnce you enter the system in the safe mode, try defragging the hard drive.  \n\nIf the above steps don't work, probably your hard drive is getting corrupt.  Try backing up all the data on the hard drive before it goes kapoot!
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Since you seem a little new to computer work, you may want to take it to a computer shop and get an expert to diagnose what the problem actually is.\n\nDepending on where the boot-sequence stops, it could be a number of things including faulty circuit board, burned motor, it may not even be the hard drive at all.  Could be a faulty controller or even just corrupt Windows files that won't allow it to get all the way loaded.  But, unfortunately, it's very likely it had a "head crash".  They are very difficult to recover from.  Some services such as OnTrack can recover data in a clean room and send you back the files on a CD/DVD, but they're very expensive. \n\nIf it's just corrupt files on a perfectly working drive, you may be able to recover with your Windows or System Restore CD (caution: If this is a 3rd party computer like Dell, Gateway, etc. don't select the option to "restore system as it was new" - that will wipe and rebuild the drive) \n\nIn the case of a head crash (sounds like "ka klink... ka klink... ka klink" or whining/ringing noise), there's one trick that works for us about 40% of the time...\n\nStick the drive in a zip-lock bag and seal it.  Put it in the freezer and turn the temp to very cold.  Leave it there for no less than a full 24 hours (couple days is better).  Have the computer ready for the drive, with a spare already set up (USB external is fine, unless your computer doesn't have USB 2.0 support).  Pull the drive out of the bag and quickly install it in the computer while it's still freezing cold.  Power up the computer.  If it worked, it will probably fail quickly, so pull your critical files off as fast as you can (copy them to the spare drive).  \n\nIf it didn't work, you'll really need to get it diagnosed by someone good locally.
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Try to do a fresh install on the computer. If anything something is causing that to happen. If it got corrupted then it might have been with an interferiance with something on the computer. Or possibly a sector went bad? I had that happen to my HD. But a clean install wont hurt you.
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Hmm, i think it's a dead end. Buy a new hard drive and do not buy Dell PCs next time, they are ready to blow up. Or try booting up in a few days, there may still be miracles. If so, quickly backup all data .
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do a repair of your operating system.  boot from the cd w/ the windows cd inside to repair the system and not to install the whole system.
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there is clearly a problem with your hard drive - if you have a boot disk, you should try using it, and then checking if any of the C: drive is readable.\n\nvisit \n\nwww.ultimatebootcd.com\n\nfor some good boot utilities and advice...
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If you get the message "Non system disk" upon bootup and you can't get rid of it, it looks like your hard drive crashed.  If the boot sector on the hard drive is toast, it can't boot up and you'll get that message.\n\nAs for fixing it... I honestly hope you didn't have anything important on it.\n\nLets see... Double-check there's no disks in any drives, including CD-ROMs.  Try going into your BIOS setup and resetting it to the defaults. If none of this works, you may have to take more drastic measures.\n\nIf you have another PC, you can take the hard drive out and put it in as a slave in the second PC. This will at least allow you to copy off anything you need.\n\nIf you don't have another PC, you can try re-installing windows over itself. Just make sure you don't re-format or re-partition in the process.  As long as you keep the current file system, you won't lose any data.
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If you upgrade from a pentium 3 to a pentium 4  but didn't to a fresh install of windows you should definitly update your screencard, sound card and motherboard drivers.\n\nYour next option might be to make sure that your current ram is 100% compatible with your motherboard and also make certain that there are no problems with your ram.\n\nAlso turn off automatic restarts in XP, so that you can see what information is displayed when the error occurs. To disable autoimatic restarting in windows XP goto control panel (instructions are for the classic view). Open SYSTEM and CLICK on the ADVANCED tab. under the section STARTUP AND RECOVERY click the SETTINGS button. Uncheck the combo box labeled AUTOMATICALLY RESTART in the SYSTEM FAILURE section.\n\nAfter that if you recieve a blue screen you can record the information there. If will also tell you where the minidump is stored, you can contact me and i'll give you my email adress so you can send me the minidump for debuging. EDIT: the blue screen should give you an indication of where to start looking for the problem, i.e. what driver it could be.\n\nIf you dont see a blue screen upon restarting it's more likely a hardware problem. this could be due to a underpower system, faulty power supply, corrupted ram or some other hardware major hardware problem. \n\nTo check the ram goto http://www.memtest86.com or if you have a linux boot cd lying around it might give you the option to run memtest from it.
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take the computer back to the store you bought it from. they should be able to solve the problem. or you may have to register your copy of windows. you have 30 days from when you first use it to do so. on question, are you getting the message in an email or dose the tool bar etc say that to you?
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Did you try using a new cable for the hard drive ? If you are using an add-on display card, try the onboard display card and see if that makes a difference.\n\nIt would be better if you reinstalled Windows. This would help to clear the possiblity of system files being damaged.
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boot from your xp disk, the second time it asks to repair, say yes, it will do a non destructive reinstall and replace any missing of corrupt files, make you sure you don't say yes to the first time, just the second time