My computer goes to a blue screen with an error that states "unmountable_boot_volume. It will not go to safe mode,last known ... , or anything else. On top of that I do not have my recovery disk. Any solutions?

Your laptop most likely has a corrupt file that windows needs in order to run properly.

You did not state which operating system is on the laptop so it's hard to be specific. In any case, hit the F8 key as the laptop is booting until you come to the boot selections.

From their you can boot into safe mode and see if that works. In some cases, this is all you need to do in order to reboot into normal Windows. If you see a "boot last known good configuration" boot into that instead of safe mode.

If you cannot boot into last known good configuration or safe mode, you will need to insert your windows repair disk or your Windows Installation disk and run the repair tool.

Please boot from bootable disc and repair the OS.

Its the problem with hardware driver software. Please remove last installed software/hardware in your system. To remove software run system in safe mode by pressing F8 on system starting and select safe mode then remove last installed hardware by opening device manager or remove software by opening add remove program from the control panel.Then restart system.
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Unmountable boot volume means your hard drive has gone out...You will need to replace it.There is no way to fix this this.

Answer:To load the last known good configuration in Windows 2000 / XP reboot the computer and as it's booting booting press and hold your "F8 Key" which should bring up the "Windows Advanced Options Menu" as shown below. Use your arrow keys to move to "Last Known Good Configuration" and press your Enter key.
Trouble Getting into Windows 2000 or Advanced Options menu - If after several attempts you are unable to get into Windows 2000 or Windows XP Safe Mode as the computer is booting into Windows turn off your computer. When the computer is turned on the next time Windows should notice that the computer did not successfully boot and give you the Safe Mode screen.
Note: With some computers if you press and hold a key as the computer is booting you will get a stuck key message as the computer is booting. If this occurs instead of pressing and holding the "F8 key" tap the "F8 key" continuously until you get the startup menu.

Windows Advanced Options Menu
Please select an option:Safe Mode
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe Mode with Command Prompt
Enable Boot Logging
Enable VGA mode
Last Known Good Configuration (your most recent settings that worked)
Directory Services Restore Mode (Windows domain controllers only)
Debugging Mode
Start Windows Normally
Reboot
Return to OS Choices Menu
Use the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight to your choice.
As can be seen from the above example, you should be able to highlight and press enter to load the last known good configuration. Once completed the computer should restart and attempt to load into Windows.
Will running the Last Known Good Configuration delete anything?
No, running the last known good configuration will restore your last good system settings and will not delete anything. The only thing you may have to reinstall programs you have recently installed because the configuration for those programs may have been lost.

You might try removing the Hard Drive from the machin and slaving it on your other machine. Then running a chkdsk in the command prompt or norton disk utilities. If either fails, backup your data on other machin and reinstall.

Hi there
"Unmountable Boot Volume." means that the system 32 folder has become corrupt and probably you will have to recover the system.
If you have XP CD for a clean install, you have to change the boot order from within the bios (F2 on boot up) and tell it to boot from CD.
This will change the boot order and allow you to reinstall the OS.
Be warned that you WILL loose data if this is the only option open to you.

Good luck

Yes, unmountable boot volume usually means you need a new hard drive. However, if you have a windows xp cd, you can boot to the recovery console (press R at the first prompt) and try running a chkdsk /f command. Sometimes that will help. Thanks and good luck! Oh and if you could remember to give this solution a rating of fixya. Thanks!

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It looks you have a bad hard drive. Have you tried changing it? If not, try it. Regards.