Does dskchck & freezes if cancelled goes black & only cursor show

if using Windows & on a PC that had Vista, reload Windows 7 using recovery

The hard drive has issues, or the window files are corrupt. I suggest a computer repair store to retrieve files and test hardware.

well try finding someone who repairs coumpters from their home it is alot cheaper. explain your problem they should tell you weather they can fix it

Get a new OS Installer, I suggest you take Windows 7

windows vista is probably the problem...have you tried running a virus scan? McCaffe...could actually have one from the factory

"Unmountable boot volume" this problem is your hard disk partition which is failure to recognize & identify the operating system running on the hard disk. Reformat your hard disk and put another operating system to run again your computer.

Try to update your machine's BIOS. Download it from the internet (search for the Gateway drivers - bios).

In this case you have to do the PC restore . you can do that in dell machines by shutting down the machine and when it is coming back on just HOLD DOWN THE CTRL ket and the START HITTING f11 key in this case you will lose the data which you have the on the c drive but this issue will get resolved .

Else you can try to restart in the safe mode with networking and then go to the system restore and then select the bold dates in which you have idea you system was working fine . selct the date and then do the system restore . In this case you will not lose the data but you will lose the updates which you have done after that date .

in both the cases system will work .

simple, insert the CD XP boot it on using it, then repair wait for a moment, then it give you options which is either to repair your OS or install it again. thats it

cheak for viruses