I have a Dell inspiron 8600 that boots to an unmountable boot volumn error message. The screen has multiple lines on it until sometimes it looks like a plaid pattern. When the error message comes up, the lines go away. I tried attaching a monitor with the same results. I have tried using xp recovery, chkdsk /p and chkdsk /r with not results. I tried booting to an ultmate boot cd unsuccessfully and tried booting linux unsuccessfuly with a message that it did not have the correct kernal.
this may help. just watch the video and folow the directions. good luck.
Hmmm, make sure you have all USB ports disconnected, no flash drives, etc.
Have you tried going into the bios setup and seeing if it detects the boot (system) hard drive, could be a hard drive failure.
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You need your Windows XP cd for this fix.
Boot from the Windows XP CD and at the first prompt, press "r" for repair. Press 1 when asked to choose windows installation and then enter the admnistrator password. If you don;t have one, just press "enter" and it should show you "c:\windows>"
At this prompt, type the following
chkdsk /r
THis should take quite sometime but will fix the problem at the end. when you get the c:\windows prompt again, type the word "exit" and your system will reboot and load windows XP normally
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Just use recovery console of windows xp bootable media and use the following command.
chkdsk (to check the volume).
fixmbr
fixboot
It happens due to improper shutdown methods which has caused the system volume to corrupt the MBR.
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my computer when start I saw the logo of windows, but faster the screen its turned black and dont nothing. I reboot all componet and give me a msg fan are RMP=0, and the hard disk do nothing too.
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Sounds like a bad hard drive. You can try using a live linux cd like Knoppix or Ubuntu
Ubuntu is easier for most.
That way you'll know whether it's the hard drive or another issue with the laptop.
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Place a Windows XP disk in to a drive and just after pressing power button keep pressing F10 or F12 to get to the boot menu then choose cd/dvd drive and follow procedures from the screen to repair or install system. ANother way is by pressing F1 or F2 or Del just after pressing power button to get to BIOS the go to Boot options and set firs cd/dvd drive then press F10 and enter.
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