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Hard Drive malfunction, occasionally.

I first noticed the problem when I shut down my computer and restart it again it says cannot find NTLDR. I tried to reinstall the system but didn't solve the problem, which it should. Then I format the hard drive and did a clean install. After copying the necessary files and restart it I came to an error screen. It tells me that if this error shows up again, I should unplug any newly installed hardware which there is none in my case. Here's some technical info that was on the error message which I have no idea what it means.

Technical Information: Stop 0X000000ED ( 0X813D7E30, 0XC0000185, 0X00000000, 0X00000000)

It is always the same error code.

I wonder if there is something wrong with the hard drive itself. If there is, then I should just not using it since I may lose my important data at any time. Somebody please help me out. Thanks!

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Callandor

If you are running WinXP, from http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm

0x000000ED: UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME
(Click to consult the online Win XP Resource Kit article.)
The kernel mode I/O subsystem attempted to mount the boot volume and it failed. This error also might occur during an upgrade to Win XP on systems that use higher throughput ATA disks or controllers with incorrect cabling. In some cases, your system might appear to work normally after you restart.
0x000000ED: UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME {KB 297185} Win XP (During reboot while upgrading to Win XP)
0x000000ED Error Message When Volume on IDE Drive with Caching Enabled Is Mounted {KB 315403} Win XP (NTFS volumes on some IDE drives)

Which sounds like a problem with the hard drive.

UltimateApocalypse

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