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| Thread ID: 56181 | 2005-03-29 08:27:00 | unmountable boot volume | panamation (6679) | Press F1 |
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| 339439 | 2005-03-29 11:36:00 | A dying hdd of mine caused this problem, i was able to run chkdsk (and maybe also fixboot and fixmbr, can't remeber) in the recovery console and got it working again.. if that gets it going I suggest you backup your stuff and then give the drive a good test with a diagnostic program, and possibly don't trust it agan |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 339440 | 2005-03-30 06:36:00 | Can't emphasise enough what John has just said, you should not install Linux, your using a bootable Live CD aren't you, good :thumbs: BTW what version of Linux are you using. Re installing, most distro's won't toast your Windows partition if you don't want them to, but it's not always obvious when your asked to create Linux partitions, what the options are sorry for the late reply (work) i just got a version of ubuntu. the thing is i want to leave my hdd's the way they are but be able to go into the os and reformat. |
panamation (6679) | ||
| 339441 | 2005-03-30 09:31:00 | My cousin's computer had the same problem. Turned out it was using a 40-wire cable on an UDMA hard drive, (which is supposed to use a 80-wire cable). Replacing it fixed it. | somebody (208) | ||
| 339442 | 2005-03-30 09:54:00 | sorry for the late reply (work) i just got a version of ubuntu. the thing is i want to leave my hdd's the way they are but be able to go into the os and reformat. Ubuntu is similar to Mepis, just a bit raw as it's a new distro. I don't have any experiece of it but, if it's like most Debian based KDE desktops do this: Start (or whatever the bottom left icon on yours is called) > System > KDisk Free or if not under System > More Applications > KDisk Free, click to bring up a window and right click the disk you want to view > choose Mount > right click again and choose Browse (probably with Konqueror), view, copy, move, etc, to your hearts content. If by chance the Windows drives/partitions aren't auto mounted you'll need to get back for instructions (that's why using a repair distro might be better). |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 339443 | 2005-03-30 22:50:00 | Start (or whatever the bottom left icon on yours is called) > System > KDisk Free or if not under System > More Applications > KDisk Free, click to bring up a window and right click the disk you want to view > choose Mount > right click again and choose Browse Correction??: I've just fired up a new (to me) Mepis 3.3 and it's disk mounting tools are Under System > File System. Most distro's should have what you want under System somewhere. |
Murray P (44) | ||
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