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Subject: Laptop fkd
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dezzie01 21.01.10 - 07:38pm
It wont go further than the starting windows screen and after a couple of min a blue screen appears 'unmountable boot volume'. Is my hardrive busted or could it be something else? * +

carta28 21.01.10 - 07:44pm
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 * +

carta28 21.01.10 - 07:45pm
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. * +

dezzie01 21.01.10 - 07:50pm
Im running win7 an ive tried repair but when i get to that window it wants me to load drivers cos it aint picking up the hdd * +

carta28 21.01.10 - 07:53pm
read through the other possible cause http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555302 * +

carta28 21.01.10 - 07:56pm
ahh is win7 the original os for that laptop . if not you might need to install original os first * +

dezzie01 21.01.10 - 07:57pm
Cool il give it read, im at the system recovery screen now an it wants me to select a os and it lists nothing so its definitly not picking it up lol * +

dezzie01 21.01.10 - 07:58pm
Lol yep ive had vista jst recently got 7 *

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