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daftvader — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:36:16 -0000

many thanks for the guidance ,which was spot on took about 30 mins start to finish .after wasting a week with a live cd and hirens boot cd (not really knowing which tools to use )
thanks to the simple almost idiot proof instructions i could save my friends data

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Name — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:53:01 -0000

No!

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jenni — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:21:55 -0000

Do the above steps delete personal files from the HDD?

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Lee — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:51:31 -0000

Just used this guide to save my computer from the blue screen of death, thanks very much brilliant stuff.

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jgruda — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:56:12 -0000

Any help if you try the abpve steps and it freezes on the blue screen after you hit r and it never makes it to the DOS mode?

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harryz — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:40:58 -0000

No, I could not fix it.
The head of the hard drive was gone.

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bobbyohara — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:07:42 -0000

I get the same hard drive not installed msg. So I can't boot from a cd and get to the screen with the chkdsk/r etc. Did you fix it? If so how?

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mikepjr — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:04:39 -0000

I've tried doing this but when I got to 41%
it says the volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems and the boot sector cannot be fixed...

does this mean I have to reformat?
nyays!!

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Nik — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:02:23 -0000

cheers mate, worked like a dream. i am forever indebted!!! Nik

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Frank — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:47:59 -0000

thank you verry much , worked perfectly:)

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Gmcmen — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:49:59 -0000

You must go into the bios settings by pressing "Delete" at startup, change the "Boot" until the first boot device is "CD Rom"

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klad98 — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:33:24 -0000

I have gotten as far as the recovery console from the cd even ran the chkdsk /r (unfortunately the first tech help I found said to use/r) the program never ran, just sat there all night at the command prompt. Now when I follow same steps to get into recovery console, I can get there, but no command prompt ever comes up, no cursor, nothing... any suggestions Thanks so much

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jrflame87 — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:59:05 -0000

you then should try chkdsk /r and then fixboot. some bootsectors are different than others

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alexapi32 — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:01:25 -0000

I dont know how can i get to the DOS prompt when I press F2 to run the recovery console it wants a floopy disk! I dont have a floopy disk, neithe a floopy drive? What am I doing wrong here, I dont see anyone talking about the old floopy shits!

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parikzit — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:20:24 -0000

Thanks a ton !!!

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Very Pleased man! — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:04:37 -0000

OMG yes ty, finally I got it to reboot ty ty ty.

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parm — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:26:52 -0000

THANK YOU...God bless u...saved my computer !!

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deepcreek — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:05:18 -0000

I have a Laptop that is runing Vista Home Prem.I can't get the computer to reboot.
I have been sent to the BSOD and I can't find a way out.
I have even tried using the recovery disc but,that hasn't worked.I either get the BSOD OR I get nothing but a black screen after it tries to boot up.i have tried different boot squences but nothing has helped.

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Helen_Elizabeth — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 08:53:13 -0000

I had the unmountable boot volume error and have reinstalled Windows XP, is there any way I can recover my old files from the same computer?

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appreciative — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:08:30 -0000

If you are in recovery console, like it says to do, /p IS correct. There are different options depending on where you are running chkdsk at. Use chkdsk /? for your options.

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harryz — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:36:50 -0000

Thanks for our help. I highlighted HDD but the screen tells me that the hard drive is not installed. Any recommendation. Does this mean that the drive is toast?

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qdideas — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:54:14 -0000

I think you have been super lucky. If I were you, I would be running out and buying an external harddrive and backing up everything tonight. This may be your small window of oppertunity to save everything. Once you have your backup safe and sound, you can decide to continue using the drive as is... or replacing it.

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pgseck — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:35:58 -0000

I got an ‘Unmountable Boot Volume’ blue screen error on my Gateway 700s, running Windows XP Home. I followed the instructions to run “chkdsk /p’ in Recovery mode and as well, ran ‘fixboot’. This worked for a few hours, then same failure. I then ran “chkdsk /r” and the fixboot again. The messages tell me that the boot sector was corrupted but that a new boot.ini was created. I tried to start up and (still in dos) was told I had a bad hard drive and to consult my ‘troubleshooting guide” – HA.

I selected start from ‘Last known good configuration’ and the machine is up and running…

Here is my question: do I now assume that everything is ‘OK’ or do I (while it is up & running): 1) save all data, do a clean install on the HD and put all the data back? 2) get a new HD and install it & move all data off the old one as it is going to implode again any day now, or 3) run some other repair software/command and try to segregate away the bad sector that is causing my problems.

I am afraid to assume this is fixed and can’t find any advice/solutions that go beyond the ‘chkdsk /p(r)’ and ‘fixboot commands, and am worried my problem is deeper than that simple fix.

Please help - - thnx in advance!

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Stephen — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:01:31 -0000

Dude, your tip saved me from unnecessary PC repair costs. Many thanks.

- XP user

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chrisross01 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:57:51 -0000

If you are at all famliar with burning images to a disc, then do a google search for Hiren's Boot CD. Download that and burn the image to a cd. When you load the cd back in (after burning it) look for a program call Get Data Back NTFS. That program recovers data pretty good. Just follow the on screen options.