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| 500752 | 2006-11-21 03:16:00 | I need some advice.... I am fixing my daughter's computer I built for her two years ago. She is a teenager so I am surprised it lasted this long. Anyway she called saying she had BSOD with unmountable boot volume error message so I did an xp disk recovery chkdsk and bootfix It started to boot then got passed the windows screen and just hangs. what do you suggest I do I have computer knowledge I would say intermediate. Thank you :badpc: |
micbyte1 (11492) | ||
| 500753 | 2006-11-21 04:22:00 | Reload Windows over top of the original installation. That way you don't lose the installed programs etc.. Although you have to put the License number in and activate it again. An easy follow through of how to do this here www.geekstogo.com |
pheonix (36) | ||
| 500754 | 2006-11-21 04:29:00 | Welcome to PressF1 micbyte1 :) | stu161204 (123) | ||
| 500755 | 2006-11-21 04:52:00 | I would check the IDE cable for the hdd. See if its ok, if not replace it. Is it a IDE or SATA hdd? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 500756 | 2006-11-21 20:44:00 | Ive used this little trick many times to fix an unmountable boot BSOD: 1. boot off the Windows Setup CD and when it says "welcome to XP setup" Press R to load recovery console. 2. it may ask you for an administrators password if you have one - so enter it there 3 It chould now pop up with C:\> or C:\Windows> Type CHKDSK /R (takes about 35-60 min depends on drive size e.c.t) then when it is finished Type: CHKDSK /P (takes about 3 min) then FIXBOOT (press Y when prompted) now take out the XP CD and reboot the PC - it should boot up as normal and all your data and programs will be intact :thumbs: |
MAC_H8ER (5897) | ||
| 500757 | 2006-11-21 22:36:00 | Reload Windows over top of the original installation. That way you don't lose the installed programs etc.. Although you have to put the License number in and activate it again. An easy follow through of how to do this here www.geekstogo.com Eh, I'm pretty sure even a repair of the XP o/s wipes program registry settings!, not to mention that if the admin account is the account that has been used previously, will also lose its docs! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 500758 | 2006-11-22 04:06:00 | Eh, I'm pretty sure even a repair of the XP o/s wipes program registry settings!, not to mention that if the admin account is the account that has been used previously, will also lose its docs! A Repair install doesn't affect anything ou have installed nor your settings etc. A Repair install is NOT an install over the top. Thats a dirty install. A Repair is just that - it repairs all the system files etc. It will fix the Unmountable Boot. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 500759 | 2006-11-22 04:16:00 | Eh, I'm pretty sure even a repair of the XP o/s wipes program registry settings!, not to mention that if the admin account is the account that has been used previously, will also lose its docs! wrong.........infact totally inaccurate........... pctek may have hit the nail on the head there..... |
drcspy (146) | ||
| 500760 | 2006-11-22 05:07:00 | ooo, well, thats good news, my memory isnt what it once was. Good info to know. | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 500761 | 2006-11-22 11:26:00 | ooo, well, thats good news, my memory isnt what it once was. Good info to know.Yeah the previous two posts are right in my experience of the once I had to do a repair. It was a pretty painless process. | Greg (193) | ||
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