Windows Blue Screen STOP 0x000000ED

[JoeHillyard94]

Hi Guys,

Just joined, how to be able to help in the future!

Unfortunately i am having a nightmare of my own today!

Went to boot my laptop with morning and i get a blue screen of death with the following error:

"UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME"

STOP 0x000000ED

System restore was futile, i am going to run a memtest to help deduce the problem. But my 2 main concerns are

1. Is there a way to backup some important files to a USB? I only have a few but i have spent a lot of time on them as i have recently cancelled my hosting/scheduled backups...

2. Is there a way to definitely prove that it is hardware (if it is of course) because i do have it insured but i need some proof, otherwise they are just gonna try and shaft me.

Will report memtest results when complete.

Look forward to hearing from someone!

Thanks!

Joe

 

[offroadguy56]

If your hard drive isn't kaput. Then you could install Ubuntu onto a flash drive. Boot into that and copy over files from the hard drive.

Have you installed anything recently? Added any parts? Uninstalled anything?

 

[JoeHillyard94]

If your hard drive isn't kaput. Then you could install Ubuntu onto a flash drive. Boot into that and copy over files from the hard drive.

Have you installed anything recently? Added any parts? Uninstalled anything?

I did uninstall a few programs, but that was a few days ago and i have booted up noramlly since then, is this likely to be the cause? If so does that increase/decrease my chances of pulling anything off it?

Thanks for quick reply!

 

[offroadguy56]

Just wondering. A driver might have been removed.
For example I just recently uninstalled a RAID driver and software for an old IDE controller card. My computer wouldn't get past the windows loading screen after that.

You said that system restore didn't work. Does that mean you tried to get into safe mode? If not get into safe mode and run a checkdisk.

 

[JoeHillyard]

You can most likely fix it by using System Restore. Here we go:
1. Keep tapping F8 during the early boot phase.
2. Select Repair from the menu.
3. Enter the Administrator's password when prompted. It is often blank.
4. Select System Restore when prompted.
5. Set Windows back to a point before this problem occurred.

Thanks for the replies, i managed to fix it in the end! Based on what DavidChase said, however when the system restore didnt work, i ran the system repair tool, left it for at least 4 hours, and it worked again!

Thanks again for all the help!