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Title: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by Jonny on Apr 10th, 2006, 6:35pm Anyone know if it can be fixed or if I can at least retrive my data from the POS.....Damn thing wont even boot in safe mode. Thanks! |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by medic1852 on Apr 10th, 2006, 6:37pm PO...What...Sorry dont know what a pothingamajiggy is. |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by Jonny on Apr 10th, 2006, 6:40pm POS=Piece of shit....meaning my PC |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by Drk^Angel on Apr 10th, 2006, 7:34pm Sounds like it could be a drive crash... If it is, a professional drive recovery service may be able to retrieve your data, but they can be a bit expensive. http://www.drivesavers.com/ Try booting with a floppy or CD boot disk... If you can access the hard drive through a boot disk, copy all the data you want to save to another hard drive or removable media. Knoppix http://www.knoppix.org/ is a good linux based boot CD that I've used many times to recover from a PC that won't boot. If you can't access the hard drive after booting with a boot disk, your CMOS may have become corrupt or reset (symptoms of the CMOS battery going bad, so if this is the case, you'll need to replace the CMOS battery ASAP). When you boot the 'puter, go into setup (On boot, the 'puter should say something about "Press F1 to enter SETUP" or something similar, so do what it says... If it doesn't say, then let us know the make and model of your 'puter, and someone should be able to find out for you. In setup, find where it lists your hard drive settings, and make sure they are correct (most modern systems should be set to auto configure), if they aren't, fix the settings, save, then exit. If it's not a CMOS setting problem, then it may be a cabling problem. Check your hard drive cable to make sure it's securely attached to the motherboard and the drive. Check the power cable going to the drive and make sure it is securely attached. If you have an extra drive cable, perhaps you should replace the existing cable to make sure it hasn't gone bad. If you have any other drives on the cable, try disconnecting the other drive from the cable before booting. Sometimes an improper connection with another drive on the same cable can cause errors on both drives. If the boot disk, CMOS settings, and cabling don't fix the problem, then the data recovery would probably be your only hope, unless ya know a techie near by ya that can take a look at it for ya. PFDAN........................................... Drk^Angel |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by _Lee_ on Apr 10th, 2006, 7:34pm In general your fucked, unless you want to pay out the ass to retrieve the data. As usual, good luck jonny. |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by floridian on Apr 10th, 2006, 7:36pm What is it with Jonny and his boot?? If it is only the boot sector that is mangled, you can probably recover the data. Not sure what the easiest way is - maybe get a cheap spare hard drive to reinstall windows or the other OS to, and then connect the bad drive as a slave (D:). Thats what I have done - I was moving around the computer box a year or so ago when turning it on, and the power cable got pulled out and the boot sector was totally screwed, but the data was all fine. |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by Opus on Apr 10th, 2006, 10:01pm Jonny, All I can offer is that if you cannot get the hard drive going, You can send it to me and I can try. I'm sure others here can do it too. There is a way to restore The master boot record if your computer came with install disks, but as with everything you can loose everything. Of course weekly backups are the best defense, but now you know. Opus/Paul |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by nani on Apr 10th, 2006, 10:04pm LMAO!! I thought this was about your more famous boot... and I could not figure out what the hell could be wrong with it! [smiley=laugh.gif] I'm a tech tard... |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by Ree on Apr 10th, 2006, 10:06pm You can boot to the XP cd and when you see the Welcome to setup press the letter R You will get a dos prompt Then type "chkdsk /p" without the quotes and hit enter When that is done type "fixboot" and hit enter "Y" and enter at the prompt Then type "exit" and hit enter The system will now reboot into Windows If for some reason that don't work for you, you can boot to the recovery console like above and... Type "chkdsk /r" then enter When done type "exit" and hit enter. This will take longer, but the system should boot back into Windows Good luck jonny we take our puter to plum choice let me know if you need the number we had a thing like this recently and the guy is incredible fixed in a minute... love ya Ree |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by Drk^Angel on Apr 10th, 2006, 10:17pm http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315403 PFDAN.......................................... Drk^Angel |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by Melissa on Apr 10th, 2006, 10:26pm http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v708/mfiltz/VIBES1.gif http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v708/mfiltz/VIBES1.gif http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v708/mfiltz/VIBES1.gif sorry hon, that's all I got for ya! :-*melly |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by Dragnlance on Apr 11th, 2006, 12:32pm Jonny First you need a OEM version of Windows XP, or if you have a Compaq or HP computer you can order a "Recovery Console disc" from them. The OEM disc has the recovery console on it. Boot your computer from the disc. Once at the command prompt, type in chkdsk /r then press enter. This should take 30-60 minutes to complete. After it is done, it will give you a report, telling you the size of the drive, and any errors it found and fixed. It may read like this... CHKDSK found and fixed one or more errors on the volume... after that, type "Exit", press "enter" on the keyboard, and the computer will reboot. Eject the disc while the unit is rebooting. IF the drive is good, this should correct your problem. Run all Windows updates as soon as possible Hope this answers your question. Lance |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by Ree on Apr 11th, 2006, 12:54pm Hey Lance thats what i said... if this works i'm gettin the credit............ lol... be well ree |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by Dragnlance on Apr 11th, 2006, 1:00pm LOL EXCEPT You used the "P" switch instead of "R" ;;D So there Lance |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by chewy on Apr 11th, 2006, 1:19pm Hope you get the PC problem resolved. Remember this. Nothing in unmountable. 8) |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by medic1852 on Apr 11th, 2006, 1:30pm Did you check the Flux Capacitor? http://d0server1.fnal.gov/users/utes/webpage/doc.jpg |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by chewy on Apr 11th, 2006, 1:35pm Quote:
ROFLMMFYBO! |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by Drk^Angel on Apr 11th, 2006, 1:51pm Actually Dragn... It shouldn't matter if it's an OEM version or retail version... But some OEM recovery discs may not have the Recovery Console available. In this case, I believe that the WinXP setup boot disks may be able to get you to the Recovery Console... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q310994 PFDAN..................................... Drk^Angel P.S. I would still recommend that you attempt to move any necessary data to a good drive, or removable media, prior to running chkdsk. Most of the time, chkdsk can do it's job without corrupting data, but there's always that off chance... DA |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by Dragnlance on Apr 11th, 2006, 1:53pm The problem with HP, Compaq or Sony is that they have "recovery cds" which does not include a recovery console. (part of the reason HP got sued, besides not including the cds with a purchase of their computers) thats why you have to order a recovery console disc directly from them... |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by Jonny on Apr 11th, 2006, 2:44pm I aint got no stinking discs, the damn machine asked me once a week for years if I wanted to make some and I always chose the "remind me late'" option.....LOL I did find a guy that fixes puters that says at very least he will be able to get the the data if not fix it completely. Ill let you all know about this time tomorrow. This damn 700 mhz lap top is so slow I want to kill myself.....LMAO.....time for a new lap top for times like these. Thanks so much folks, you guys are the best!! :-* |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by medic1852 on Apr 11th, 2006, 2:49pm Glad it will be fixed tomorrow..Hopefully you wont loose anything important and if you do hopefully it wont be important. Rodger |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by echo on Apr 11th, 2006, 4:34pm on 04/11/06 at 14:44:57, Jonny wrote:
You kill me! "Jonny doesn't need no stinking discs". Think you'll say "yes" a little more often in the future? my guess -- hell no! Who's got time for crap like that. |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by echo on Apr 11th, 2006, 4:35pm on 04/11/06 at 14:44:57, Jonny wrote:
I've read that if you suck really hard on the serial port of those old laptops they actually will run faster. |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by Guiseppi on Apr 11th, 2006, 5:06pm Now we're all left with a visual of Johnny on his hands and knees sucking on the side of his laptop........whispering I think I can I think I can I think I can..... Guiseppi |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by medic1852 on Apr 11th, 2006, 5:09pm on 04/11/06 at 16:35:55, echo wrote:
on 04/11/06 at 17:06:07, Guiseppi wrote:
I will be expecting a new key board and monitor from the two of you by Friday since mine are now covered with Coffee! [smiley=spit.gif] [smiley=crackup.gif] Rodger |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by Guiseppi on Apr 11th, 2006, 5:10pm I say you blame Johnny, his puter started the thread! Guiseppi |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by Jonny on Apr 11th, 2006, 5:13pm on 04/11/06 at 17:06:07, Guiseppi wrote:
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by BobG on Apr 11th, 2006, 6:30pm Never, ever, store anything in your computer that you don't want to loose. If you do, sooner or later, usually right after the warranty runs out, you are going to loose it all. I guarantee it. Jonny, here's my fix for a broke computer. Take it to the garage, ripe out it's guts and use the case for a jack stand. Then go to WallyWorld and buy a quality machine. Notice how I used WallyWorld and quality in the same sentence? LMAO! I crack me up. [smiley=laugh.gif] |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by Opus on Apr 11th, 2006, 9:48pm on 04/11/06 at 17:13:17, Jonny wrote:
Anything? LOL 700 MHz, no to bad, but the laptops slow hard drive will keep slower than a desktop. What are you running?, Win98? If that is what you are running a clean install should make things much faster. If not then I can send you Ubuntu Linux, it is on my main desktop which has an 800MHz processor and runs just fine. Opus/Paul |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by dennisoc on Apr 21st, 2006, 2:29am I'm glad jonny is in charge |
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Title: Re: Unmountable boot volume error!! Post by Jonny on Apr 21st, 2006, 7:13am on 04/21/06 at 02:29:07, dennisoc wrote:
Been having fun, Den? |
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