- Unmountable Boot Volume But Laptop Won't Boot from Disk!
- Posted by t.dashko@gmail.com on March 2nd, 2006
Hey all,
I've got a Toshiba Satellite A10 running WinXP. After a stint of BSoD
my laptop hit a wall with an Unmountable Boot Volume error. I've tried
to boot from my recovery console CDs, but the drive doesn't seem to
recognize the disk. Am I totally doomed? Someone mentioned changing the
bios order to make sure the CD ROM boots first, but I'm not sure how to
do that with my laptop in its present state. And if that still doesn't
work...am I looking at RAM failure?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Taz
- Posted by Kerem Gümrükcü on March 2nd, 2006
Dear Taz,
take a closer look at this KB-Article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...=rss&spid=3223
If your FS is dammaged you can do a chkntfs or chkdsk on the drive
and hope, that this will solve your problem. Use Parameter /R
for deep scanning and (possipble) damage repair/data recovery...
Best Regards
Kerem Gümrükcü
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- Posted by Malke on March 2nd, 2006
t.dashko@gmail.com wrote:
I think you're looking at more of a motherboard failure than RAM
failure, although of course your RAM could have failed, too. There's no
way for people reading about the problem in a newsgroup to tell. Call
Toshiba tech support.
Malke
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- Posted by R. McCarty on March 2nd, 2006
Not sure how you associate a RAM issue with an unmountable disk.
By default, the BIOS should be set to a boot sequence using optical
before hard drive. You should probably check the settings from a
Cold boot. I believe Toshiba uses the "Del" button as the access key.
You should download the drive manufacturer's diagnostic tool. Most
if not all vendors now provide an .Iso that you can burn to create a
bootable CD-R. One thing about Toshiba Notebooks - the drives
run way too hot. Once you get it back up and running, get a small
utility called Mobile Monitor. It sits in the system tray and can be set
to a transparent view. It will monitor the CPU Clock, CPU temp
and hard drive. Don't be surprised to find your disk at or about 125
degrees.
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