Hello. I have a Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop running XP. For reasons unknown, I got the blue death screen with the message "unmountable_boot_volume". (I'm guessing I got hit by a virus as my anti-virus software had expired.)

Google searches indicate I should use my recovery cd to recover from the unmountable_boot_ volume error. All I have (or should say all I have found) is a Dell "Reinstallation CD" (Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition including Service Pack 1) for the Inspiron 1100.

It appears to me that the Reinstallation CD is not the Recovery CD. It is possible that the laptop also came with a Recovery CD but I cannot find it.

My question to this forum is: Can I use the Reinstallation CD or do I actually need a Recovery CD to recover from this problem? And if I need a Recovery CD, how can I replace a lost Recovery CD?

Many thanks.