dreaded 0xED blue screen

fairylittle

Hi
I bought a refurbished laptop off ebay no wxp discs supplied and no cd/dvd writer. worked fine for few weeks now am getting blue screen of death with error code 0xEd on start up, can't get into safe mode or load last configurations that worked.
laptop is now out of 30 day warranty so don't know what to do

screws in back are so tight I can't undo them to check if dirty or not, laptop seemed to get v hot v quickly which I've read can cause this error...help please

John_Gray

0xED indicates "Unmountable Boot Volume", which probably means what it says. So unless you can work on the hard disk by some mechanism, you may need to consider a new one...

[Deleted User]

What are the full codes it gives?

chrisichris

One unfortunately common problem is data corruption on a hard drive and the dreaded “Unmountable Boot Volume” error. While the easiest thing to do may seem to be to format the drive and start from scratch, there is a better way of doing it, as long as you have a Windows XP installation disk handy. Read on to learn more.


Computer hardware wears out over time, it’s a fact. Your hard drive works constantly reading and writing data, and this (among other factors) may cause errors on certain parts of your system.
If you receive the “unmountable boot volume” error and have an installation disk, you still have a chance to save your system.
1. Insert your XP installation disk into an optical drive and boot up your computer.
2. When you see a welcome screen, hit the R key on your keyboard. This will enter you into recovery mode with a DOS prompt.
3. Now type chkdsk /p and hit Enter. This will launch a utility which will check for errors on your hard drive.
4. After the process is done, type fixboot and hit Enter to repair any damaged boot files which may have become corrupted. When asked to say yes or no, type the Y key on your keyboard.
5. Type exit and press the Enter key to reboot your computer.
If all went well, you should now be able to boot back into Windows without a problem!
Good luck!

fairylittle

Thanks for replies,
full codes are: Stop 0x000000ED
0x8613AD98 0xC0000009C 0x00000000
0x00000000
as I said Ive no XP discs and only a floppy drive
thanks again