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s_linger86
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August 11th, 2006 22:00
unmountable boot volume
I really don't know very much about computers.
I recently moved my computer from one room to another. When I got everything plugged in, an unmountable boot volume screen came up. So I put the Windows XP cd in, restarted my computer, and pressed F12 but nothing happened. All I got was a screen saying start computer with SafeMode. Then the unmountable boot volume screen again. I really don't know what I'm supposed to do and I don't what to mess up my computer anymore than I might have. If anyone has any advice I'd really appreciate it.
kamikaze_strike
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Posted August 15th, 2006 02:00
I have this issue too many times in the past. I learned from my IS guy that it was a Windows XP error with my computer. When he was around, he would just throw in the Windows XP disc to correct things. For awhile I was able to fix the issue in Safe Mode. F5 I believe is the function key for it. From Safe Mode, follow the directions that allow you to do a "System Restore". That worked for awhile, and eventually I had to buy a copy of XP, since Dell didn't give me a copy.sherville7
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Posted August 15th, 2006 21:00
Hi, you can also get by the Unmountable Boot Volume by booting to your Windows XP CD,
At the Windows Setup screen, press R (Recovery Console), if it asks you to choos, there's ususally just one choice (C:\Windows), type 1 then enter. If it asks you for administrator password, just leave it blank then press enter (unless you did setup an admin password)
At the command prompt, type "chkdsk /r" w/o the quotes then press enter.
Once finished, type EXIT, it should restart your computer.
This usually works. Good Luck! :smileywink:
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Posted August 11th, 2006 23:00