Nothing I mean nothing causes me more headaches and blood pressure then a stubborn computer. My daughters Dell desk top running Xp pro sp2 has crashed. We get the dreaded Unmountable boot error. The machine just runs forever trying to boot.Here is where we are.
1. I cannot boot into safe mode or last know config.
2. It's a dell refurb so tech support won't help not the original owner.
3. No I don't have a XP pro cd to use the recovery system.
4. The Cd rom doesn't work or recognize anything.
5. I tried booting with the A drive using boot files from another machine with no luck.
6. The only solution I have found is building those dreaded six floopy disc files that support xp pro sp2 from microsoft but damn if I can find working floopys around this house. I am up to 4 usable disc but the fifth one crashes. Three hours work and the trash can is getting full of bad disc.
7. All I want is to build a XP pro boot disc from a working machine to try a earlier restore point.She probably has a corrupted file on the HD.