Re: XP Boot Disks - corrupted DMIO.SYS

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospam.cableone.net)
Date: 09/12/03 

Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 21:12:38 -0600

Greetings --

    The one time I've encountered a persistent "Corrupted DMIO.SYS"
error, it was caused by a defective motherboard. Turns out the
chipset fan had quit, and the chipset suffered permanent thermal
damage. What specific motherboard do you have, and are all of the
fans working?

Bruce Chambers 

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"warren hayford" <whayford@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:1ae701c3788c$e7669480$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I have a copy of WindowsXP on an eMachines box that gives
> me a blue screen stating UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME.  It
> suggests that drivers have been changed which make it
> unable to start up.  It also states that I should disable
> any new hardware or software I have installed.
>
> I called eMachines and was told I was out of warranty and
> could do 2 things.
>
> 1) Re-install from the recovery CDs (I don't want to lose
> my data!)
>
> 2) go to the following web site and download the program
> (WinXP_EN_HOM_BF) that will allow me to build 6 Windows XP
> Boot Disks.  These when loaded are supposed to give me a
> chance of recovery.
>
> WEB SITE
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?
> displaylang=en&FamilyID=E8FE6868-6E4F-471C-B455-
> BD5AFEE126D8
>
> I tried to execute option 2.  I spent two days with bad
> dial up connections downloading the program 4 times and
> creating the disks four times only to be told each time
> worked until the 4th disk.  I received an error message
> that stated the DMIO.SYS was corrupted.
>
> Help!  Does anyone know either where I can get a corrected
> version of DMIO.SYS or a good version of the boot up disk
> program?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Warren