unmountable_boot_volume Error

[imported_HanZo]

Unmountable_Boot_volume PLEASE HELP!!!

Recently assemble a new computer.

Specs:

Asus A8n-E
AMD athlon64 Venice 3200+
Forton Bluestorm 500watt PSU
corsair 1GB value DDR - Dual Channel PC3200
Seagate SATA NCQ 300GB
Samsung SH-W162C DVD+RW 16X8X16 Dual Layer 5X/4X DVD Writer
EVGA nvidia 6600gt 128mb


I used a boot disk made from windows 98 with some updated tools.

Fdisk the drive, formated and start installing windows XP using

C:\i386\winnt.exe

after windows copying setup files, rebooted

reboot into the setup screen and a blue screen showed up.

Gave me a message "unmountable_boot_volume" error.


Anyone know what is wrong? I have build several computers before nevered encounter this problem.

My guess is the hard drive too big, need to u se NFTS, right now its FAT32.

Thanks guys in advance.

 

[sharad]

FAT32 may not be able to see the entire disk but install should work.

But why do you want to use FAT32 on the root Window XP partition?

If you want to go with NTFS then boot with the XP CD again and restart the setup from begining, when the partitioning screen comes up, delete the FAT32 partition and choose NTFS file system this time.

 

[nweaver]

don't use the 98 floppy, use the XP CD to start/install the OS.