Help, I can't even open in Safe Mode

The option to boot into safe mode is a function provided by the Windows operating system boot loader. However, your computer's boot process has not advanced to that point yet, so you won't be able to boot into safe mode. The boot volume specified in the BOOT.INI file cannot be loaded and used. This is typically the result of file system corruption or hard drive failure, however there other causes for this error documented at Microsoft support. Here are a few:

• Unmountable Boot Volume
• When you restart your computer or upgrade to Windows XP, you receive the "STOP 0x000000ED UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" error message
• Stop 0x000000ED Error Message When Volume on IDE Drive with Caching Enabled Is Mounted

Start troubleshooting by verifying the hard drive. There are hard drive diagnostic utilities listed in the Hard Drive FAQ in the hard drive forum.