When I turn on my computer I get the "Windows did not shut down properly...safe mode, 
last good configuration, normally" deal.  I have chosen all 3 of those options to 
no avail.  

Safe mode runs a list of a bunch of files and freezes.

Both last good configuration and normally go ahead and attempt windows, but then 
I get the blue screen of death and it immediately cycles through the same thing...windows 
did not properly shutdown.  It flashes so fast I can't read it all, but I did get 
the following....Unexplanable_Boot_Volume (I'm not sure on the unexplanable part 
but the rest is definately right).

It was working when I left for work but had crashed by the time I got home.  I had 
not installed anything within the last few days except maybe an update.  

Any ideas???  I desperately need a file off this computer that cannot be duplicated.

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re: Unexplanable Boot Volume - Boot cycles and won't start Friday, October 16, 2009 at 8:47 am Posted by Adam Bradley (8787 messages posted) First things first slave the hard drive to another computer and see if you can get the file off of it, and from now on you should keep a backup copy somewhere. As for windows, a you might have a damaged file system, running a chkdsk from the recovery console might help you out. On Friday, October 16, 2009 at 8:13 am, Jillian wrote: >When I turn on my computer I get the "Windows did not shut down properly...safe mode, >last good configuration, normally" deal. I have chosen all 3 of those options to >no avail. > >Safe mode runs a list of a bunch of files and freezes. > >Both last good configuration and normally go ahead and attempt windows, but then >I get the blue screen of death and it immediately cycles through the same thing...windows >did not properly shutdown. It flashes so fast I can't read it all, but I did get >the following....Unexplanable_Boot_Volume (I'm not sure on the unexplanable part >but the rest is definately right). > >It was working when I left for work but had crashed by the time I got home. I had >not installed anything within the last few days except maybe an update. > >Any ideas??? I desperately need a file off this computer that cannot be duplicated. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Unexplanable Boot Volume - Boot cycles and won't start Friday, October 16, 2009 at 11:45 am Posted by Quasimodo (688 messages posted) That black screen with 'last good configuration' SHOULD also have an item about 'do not restart on error' or similar. That will give you a chance to read the error message and hopefully understand what the underlying problem is... Regards Quasimodo On Friday, October 16, 2009 at 8:13 am, Jillian wrote: >When I turn on my computer I get the "Windows did not shut down properly...safe mode, >last good configuration, normally" deal. I have chosen all 3 of those options to >no avail. > >Safe mode runs a list of a bunch of files and freezes. > >Both last good configuration and normally go ahead and attempt windows, but then >I get the blue screen of death and it immediately cycles through the same thing...windows >did not properly shutdown. It flashes so fast I can't read it all, but I did get >the following....Unexplanable_Boot_Volume (I'm not sure on the unexplanable part >but the rest is definately right). > >It was working when I left for work but had crashed by the time I got home. I had >not installed anything within the last few days except maybe an update. > >Any ideas??? I desperately need a file off this computer that cannot be duplicated. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum