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Unmountable boot volume...........

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by tobythechimp

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I know its yet another one of these BUT i have tried the methods that other people have tried and nothing worked......Ill give you a basic outline of what happened. I installed some new software yesterday (legit too!) and turned off my computer only to turn it on today to find this messege UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME and a wacking great blue screen. So iv tried starting windows in the various different modes........no joy. Iv tried sticking the XP disk in and pressing R BUT nothing happened. :( I need this computer to work because stupidly, i know i know, nothing is backed up. Im an idiot! So i need some help drastically!

cheers

tobz

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by jiminpa

Your laptop can boot from the USB drive then yes.

by tobythechimp

Sorry for sounding like a comlete newbie but how do i know if it does?

by jiminpa

It is more of a function of the bios. If you go into the setup screen I believe it should tell you. You could also make a bootable CD. Just don't forget to include fdisk with it.

by nepenthe0

Dear TobyTheChimp,

I don't have a 'quick fix' for you, but I've learned how to survive similar catastrophes. Backup your last good working configuration on an external hard drive with Norton Ghost (Symantec). You can boot the computer from the Ghost CD and then restore your backup - you overwrite the corrupted native hard drive with a working OS configuration. Incremental backups of your personal files will allow you to recover your computer in minutes.

Hope this helps. Rick/Portland, OR USA

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