Cross-posted from here in case SA's your thing.
I've been having computer problems since August, when I originally had an Inspiron 9300 that was so screwed up Dell agreed to replace it. Then the replacement started acting up in different ways, ultimately with this error. At first I attributed it to Dell giving me pieces of crap... until this past week.
I went to Rentway, and got an Inspiron 2100 or some similarly low-numbered model to carry me through a few weeks until I could get a full refund from Dell and a new machine from somewhere else. After a day, certain keys stopped functioning correctly: 8, I, K, L comma, backspace, space bar, enter. Brought it back in, the guy swapped it out for a seemingly ancient IBM thinkpad. Now, after a few days of that working okay (albeit very slowly), I'm getting the same UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME as the second 9300 on this IBM.
The exact numerical series I'm getting is as follows:
***STOP: 0x000000ED (018x2DE2E8, 0xc000009c, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
Which isn't the same as the only specific number sequence they give a fix for on that page, which is:
Damaged File System
If the second parameter (0xbbbbbbbb) of the Stop error is 0xC0000032, then the file system is damaged.
I guess I have several questions. What in the hell could possibly cause this, after the machine was working beforehand? Is there anything I can try to do to get Windows to start up, without a Windows boot disk or the ability to do any hardware work? (Remember, this is a week-by-week rental computer).
I'm terrified that after knowing my story from the two Dells before, and then the Rentway Dell, Rentway's going to think I'm a computer murderer and make me pay full price for this machine. Thanks so much for any insight you can provide.
e: Booting in safe mode, or with the last working options, still ends up at the same blue UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_ERROR screen.
I've been having computer problems since August, when I originally had an Inspiron 9300 that was so screwed up Dell agreed to replace it. Then the replacement started acting up in different ways, ultimately with this error. At first I attributed it to Dell giving me pieces of crap... until this past week.
I went to Rentway, and got an Inspiron 2100 or some similarly low-numbered model to carry me through a few weeks until I could get a full refund from Dell and a new machine from somewhere else. After a day, certain keys stopped functioning correctly: 8, I, K, L comma, backspace, space bar, enter. Brought it back in, the guy swapped it out for a seemingly ancient IBM thinkpad. Now, after a few days of that working okay (albeit very slowly), I'm getting the same UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME as the second 9300 on this IBM.
The exact numerical series I'm getting is as follows:
***STOP: 0x000000ED (018x2DE2E8, 0xc000009c, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
Which isn't the same as the only specific number sequence they give a fix for on that page, which is:
Damaged File System
If the second parameter (0xbbbbbbbb) of the Stop error is 0xC0000032, then the file system is damaged.
I guess I have several questions. What in the hell could possibly cause this, after the machine was working beforehand? Is there anything I can try to do to get Windows to start up, without a Windows boot disk or the ability to do any hardware work? (Remember, this is a week-by-week rental computer).
I'm terrified that after knowing my story from the two Dells before, and then the Rentway Dell, Rentway's going to think I'm a computer murderer and make me pay full price for this machine. Thanks so much for any insight you can provide.
e: Booting in safe mode, or with the last working options, still ends up at the same blue UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_ERROR screen.
. 
yourself now before you spread it. 
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