Computer Help!

[ELITEOFKINGWARMAN8]

I been using my bro's laptop for the past 9 days for everything, including this () because on my desktop I keep getting this "Unmountable boot volume" blue screen of death thing. I had this happen in 2005 and I fixed it after 10 days, but I don't remeber how I did it. It is my 6 year old desktop. It has Windows XP Home edition and is a Dell .


Any help??

[Savage_Swede]

Well first of all, you should run the diagnostics on it. Try pressing F12 several times right after you press the power button and you should get into something called the boot menu. From there you should be able to choose to run Diagnostics. Depending on your computer specs, it will take around 10-15 minutes. And don't leave the PC while the test is running, as you will be asked wether to run extended diagnostics or not. I recommend running the full test. If you recieve an error code and/or error message of any kind, post the full thing here

I have worked as technical support for Dell and pretty much know the error codes by heart, so if you get an error code i can let you know if you need to buy a new harddrive or not

[Smokey]

Unmountable Boot Volume

1.Insert the Windows XP CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, and then restart the computer.

Click to select any options that are required to start the computer from the CD-ROM drive if you are prompted.

2.When the "Welcome to Setup" screen appears, press R to start the Recovery Console.

3.If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot computer, select the installation that you must access from the Recovery Console.

4.When you are prompted, type the Administrator password. If the administrator password is blank, just press ENTER.

5.At the command prompt, type chkdsk /r , and then press ENTER.

6.At the command prompt, type exit , and then press ENTER to restart your computer.

This takes a bit longer, but the system should boot back into Windows.

Probably just a damaged MBR..