Big problem with computer

[Heresson]

When I turned my computer on this morning, I was given a couple of options: turning it on in
safe mode
safe mode with networking
safe mode with something
the last working

normal windows

No matter what I chose, after windows logo appears, and windows starts loading, I get this:

A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME

If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:

Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any windows updates you might need.

If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then select Safe Mode.

Technical information:

(three strange signs) STOP: 0x000000ED (0x80E2C128, 0xC0000032, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

this C is strange. The three strange signs look like something between a star and a symbolic person.
It is all on a blue screen.

I don't know what is causing that.
Perhaps it's because I turned off computer without saving my settings.
Or perhaps because I copied much music from cds and, having less than 0,5GB of free space, windows have problems loading (virtual memory too low?)

I don't know. It was never a problem before.
Haven't installed anything new lately except for a program from the net for copying music from cds
I will go to some computer service tomorrow, but perhaps there's some easy sollution I am not aware of.

[Asher]

Boot your computer with the Windows XP CD, enter rescue mode.

Type "fixboot"

[Heresson]

Thank You, but my parents insisted I shouldn't touch anything. I went to some guy and it was all right, but only for two turn ons. For the third one, the same happened.
The shops are closed now, but I will go there as soon as possible. I think they should fix it not without us paying additional money. Am I wrong?

[Heresson]

anyway I don't know how to enter rescue mode

[SlowwHand]

Asher is big on knowledge, but his instructional capabilities are lacking.

ASHER! Take time to present your help in a way that is actually help.

And Heresson, you take it in, you will be charged.
It's a business.

[Heresson]

But they haven't fixed it!

It\s like I had my shoes repaired, and they would fall apart the same day they were delivered.

[Winston]

Originally posted by Heresson
It\s like I had my shoes repaired, and they would fall apart the same day they were delivered.

Asher already told you to use fixed boots.

[Pekka]

"Thank You, but my parents insisted I shouldn't touch anything."

Great way to get nowhere in life, never, ever, EVER. You need to rebel a bit man.. just say Hey Mrs. H, as in Heroin, as in horse, the nurse, the skang, the foo foo, look at you, mom, telling me not to touch anything. My soul is burning to know, don't stop me or I'll amp you up, put you on rippers, the thrusters, the snap, the sweets, and jumpstart you to the new age of drugs, MDMA, Baby T, it's over, I'm done, I'll go crack someones head open.

[Winston]

Yeah. Besides, I think Heresson's parents had something else in mind when they told him "not to touch anything".

[Pekka]

Well, Heresson is kind of a brute, he really might break the computer via magic touch, I do believe this to be true. Just to be safe though, I wouldn't let him touch computers at all, even the working ones.. see where it got him now? Everything broken.

[Asher]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Asher is big on knowledge, but his instructional capabilities are lacking.

ASHER! Take time to present your help in a way that is actually help.

And Heresson, you take it in, you will be charged.
It's a business.

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixthe...s/rconsole.htm

[Heresson]

Originally posted by Winston




Asher already told you to use fixed boots.

funny, boots, shoes

Originally posted by Pekka
Well, Heresson is kind of a brute, he really might break the computer via magic touch, I do believe this to be true. Just to be safe though, I wouldn't let him touch computers at all, even the working ones.. see where it got him now? Everything broken.

I do have a magic touch. The door to our house is locked, You need a key to open them. Yet I never have difficulty opening them without the key. I just come to them and open them as if there was no lock.

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixth...ss/rconsole.htm

I can't boot from cd. I haven't got the cd I installed the windows from, because it was installed in Syria when my last system broke. My mom has a XP cd for her computer and she says it can be installed on two other computers, but it doesn't seem to work this way. At least I do not get this boot from cd message.
I think I'll have to go to these guys again, and while it is still working, use ghost.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Heresson
I can't boot from cd. I haven't got the cd I installed the windows from, because it was installed in Syria when my last system broke. My mom has a XP cd for her computer and she says it can be installed on two other computers, but it doesn't seem to work this way. At least I do not get this boot from cd message.
I think I'll have to go to these guys again, and while it is still working, use ghost.

Your mom's CD will work. You need to go into your BIOS and change the boot order temporarily so that the computer tries to boot from the CD before trying to boot from the hard drive.

[Heresson]

thanks for that information, but wtf is BIOS and how can I "go into it"

[BeBro]

After you switched on your compi, BEFORE windows is up, you see the black screen with the computer checking RAM and displaying the type of gfx card. Next it checks all the drives, then you see at the bottom:

Press "Del" to enter Setup.

So if you hit the "del" key it brings you to your machine's BIOS. If you don't it boots Windows normally.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Heresson
WTF is BIOS?

Like BeBro says. The key you need to press is usually Del, but it could be something different like F2 or something. When you start your computer, it'll say "Press XX to enter Setup" or something similar.

[Winston]

Since Heresson hadn't heard of the BIOS before, I think it deserves mention that one shouldn't change any settings in BIOS unless one knows what one is doing.

Be careful when changing that boot sequence to CD before HDD.

"Don't touch anything" may not be an entirely misplaced piece of advice after all.

[Heresson]

I selected "select boot"
and then cd rom.
I selected to repair boot or whatever, and then c:\windows.
Now it's asking me:

"Are You sure You want to save a new *starting sector* (booting sector? whatever) in partition C: ?

It will NOT mean I will lost everything in partition C, right?

and, anyway, how can I say: yes? I tried y and enter, but that does not work

[LordShiva]

Yup, that's what you want to do. It won't delete your data.

Not sure how to say yes in Polish

[Heresson]

You're right... I kept thinking in english so I've tried to enter a command in english instead of polish

anyways, it has said it's installed this thing succesfully. Now I want to enter windows. What should I write?

C:\Windows>

[Pekka]

format c:

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Heresson


You're right... I kept thinking in english so I've tried to enter a command in english instead of polish

anyways, it has said it's installed this thing succesfully. Now I want to enter windows. What should I write?

C:\Windows>

Take the CD out of the drive and restart the computer.

[SlowwHand]

Switched the bios boot sequence back?

And someone reformat Pekka.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
And someone reformat Pekka.

Open up a DOS prompt and type "wtf pekka?"

[SlowwHand]

I think that's right.

[Winston]

Or we could just partition him in various exciting ways.

[SlowwHand]

I think Winston's onto something.

[LordShiva]

Or we could get Asher to hack into him using a backdoor exploit

[Winston]

Ha-ha, good one.

A bit of Infidel Inside will soon learn him.

[Heresson]

I typed exit and it re-started computer... and the same has happened. I will try again tomorrow. Perhaps I did something wrong