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A family member's PC is giving her hassle - when she turns it on it says something along the lines of "Boot disk unmountable". A friend of mines reckons the partition is knackered and that I should connect it to another PC and use Norton Utilities to try and recover the data.
Is this the best course of action? What are my chances of recovering the data? Does the hard drive need replacing or is it a case of repair and carry on?
Sorry for all the questions but in all my years of dealing with PC problems, this is the first time I'll have had to do this.
Cheers.
Is this the best course of action? What are my chances of recovering the data? Does the hard drive need replacing or is it a case of repair and carry on?
Sorry for all the questions but in all my years of dealing with PC problems, this is the first time I'll have had to do this.
Cheers.
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gamezfreak wrote:
> EDIT: Is this her problem?
> [URL]http://www.techtips4u.com/kb/sw/SW00014.htm[/URL], its similar to what I said above but with a different commandprompt.
*****
Worked a treat. Cheers gamezfreak (and taka-Q)!
> EDIT: Is this her problem?
> [URL]http://www.techtips4u.com/kb/sw/SW00014.htm[/URL], its similar to what I said above but with a different commandprompt.
*****
Worked a treat. Cheers gamezfreak (and taka-Q)!
Fair enough.
Thanks again for the help.
Thanks again for the help.
Timmargh wrote:
> gamezfreak wrote:
> EDIT: Is this her problem?
> [URL]http://www.techtips4u.com/kb/sw/SW00014.htm[/URL], its similar
> to what I said above but with a different commandprompt.
> *****
>
> That sounds like it - cheers, gamezfreak.
>
> Taka-q: how long ago were these experiences? OS X is as stable as a
> rock and the only problems I ever have with my iMac involve programs
> written by the big "M". And thanks for your help, too!
The fisrt time was on the OS 9 I think. The rest has been on OS X on the iMac (17" version I think) that we have in the art rooms. I can see the point in macs, they are good for what they are made for (my art teacher cant cope with being logical in windows, but he can use a Mac), but I won't ever get one.
> gamezfreak wrote:
> EDIT: Is this her problem?
> [URL]http://www.techtips4u.com/kb/sw/SW00014.htm[/URL], its similar
> to what I said above but with a different commandprompt.
> *****
>
> That sounds like it - cheers, gamezfreak.
>
> Taka-q: how long ago were these experiences? OS X is as stable as a
> rock and the only problems I ever have with my iMac involve programs
> written by the big "M". And thanks for your help, too!
The fisrt time was on the OS 9 I think. The rest has been on OS X on the iMac (17" version I think) that we have in the art rooms. I can see the point in macs, they are good for what they are made for (my art teacher cant cope with being logical in windows, but he can use a Mac), but I won't ever get one.
gamezfreak wrote:
> EDIT: Is this her problem?
> [URL]http://www.techtips4u.com/kb/sw/SW00014.htm[/URL], its similar to what I said above but with a different commandprompt.
*****
That sounds like it - cheers, gamezfreak.
Taka-q: how long ago were these experiences? OS X is as stable as a rock and the only problems I ever have with my iMac involve programs written by the big "M". And thanks for your help, too!
> EDIT: Is this her problem?
> [URL]http://www.techtips4u.com/kb/sw/SW00014.htm[/URL], its similar to what I said above but with a different commandprompt.
*****
That sounds like it - cheers, gamezfreak.
Taka-q: how long ago were these experiences? OS X is as stable as a rock and the only problems I ever have with my iMac involve programs written by the big "M". And thanks for your help, too!
I want a Mac Powerbook, our computing teacher has one and it is fantastic!
Muh, anyway, back to the topic in question here.
Back from my Linux days, Mounting meant "mounting" a partition to be read from (Like riding a bike, You have to mount it, to ride it), so what i'm guessing is, the boot partition on her HDD is screwed.
The Main Boot Record is what the bootloader is stored in, so the best way to fix it is, boot from a WinXP disk and when the drivers have finished loading, press "R" and you should get a command prompt, you have to logon as an administrator at the prompt, then just tap in "fixmbr" and press enter, it should then re-write the MBR back to normal, and hopefully should fix your friends problem.
On the other hand, If that isn't the case, then I have no idea.
EDIT: Is this her problem? [URL]http://www.techtips4u.com/kb/sw/SW00014.htm[/URL], its similar to what I said above but with a different commandprompt.
Muh, anyway, back to the topic in question here.
Back from my Linux days, Mounting meant "mounting" a partition to be read from (Like riding a bike, You have to mount it, to ride it), so what i'm guessing is, the boot partition on her HDD is screwed.
The Main Boot Record is what the bootloader is stored in, so the best way to fix it is, boot from a WinXP disk and when the drivers have finished loading, press "R" and you should get a command prompt, you have to logon as an administrator at the prompt, then just tap in "fixmbr" and press enter, it should then re-write the MBR back to normal, and hopefully should fix your friends problem.
On the other hand, If that isn't the case, then I have no idea.
EDIT: Is this her problem? [URL]http://www.techtips4u.com/kb/sw/SW00014.htm[/URL], its similar to what I said above but with a different commandprompt.
Timmargh wrote:
> Timmargh wrote:
> What are my chances of recovering the data?
Most of the document orentated data should be fine, but stuff like the OS has prabaly died due to constant reading of that data
> Does the hard drive need replacing or is it a case of repair and
> carry on?
I would replace it if I were you. I would go for a Weston Digital personally.
> Timmargh wrote:
> What are my chances of recovering the data?
Most of the document orentated data should be fine, but stuff like the OS has prabaly died due to constant reading of that data
> Does the hard drive need replacing or is it a case of repair and
> carry on?
I would replace it if I were you. I would go for a Weston Digital personally.
Icaruss wrote:
> Alternatively, tell her to buy a Mac.
I dislike Macs intensely. All my experiences of them have been god awful. 1st ever time I used a Mac I tried to save my work; it said the HD was full (when it obviously wasn't) and proceeded to crash when I told it to print. Then on my second use of a Mac, it decided that it wound recognise the printer, tried to reinstall it from disc, used the chooser thingy, and it still wasn't there, and proceeded to decide it didn't want to scan either. Lastly, I find their interface appalling, and you can tell it was design for media orientated people, with a completely illogical interface and fascicle methods of administration.
> Alternatively, tell her to buy a Mac.
I dislike Macs intensely. All my experiences of them have been god awful. 1st ever time I used a Mac I tried to save my work; it said the HD was full (when it obviously wasn't) and proceeded to crash when I told it to print. Then on my second use of a Mac, it decided that it wound recognise the printer, tried to reinstall it from disc, used the chooser thingy, and it still wasn't there, and proceeded to decide it didn't want to scan either. Lastly, I find their interface appalling, and you can tell it was design for media orientated people, with a completely illogical interface and fascicle methods of administration.
Timmargh wrote:
> What are my chances of recovering the data?
and
> Does the hard drive need replacing or is it a case of repair and carry on?
> What are my chances of recovering the data?
and
> Does the hard drive need replacing or is it a case of repair and carry on?
Icaruss wrote:
> She might have messed with the HD boot settings; for example deleting
> a line form the boot.ini file or messing with BIOS.
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Doubt it - she has trouble remembering how to turn it on sometimes ...
> Alternatively, tell her to buy a Mac.
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I have - several times!
> She might have messed with the HD boot settings; for example deleting
> a line form the boot.ini file or messing with BIOS.
*****
Doubt it - she has trouble remembering how to turn it on sometimes ...
> Alternatively, tell her to buy a Mac.
*****
I have - several times!
She might have messed with the HD boot settings; for example deleting a line form the boot.ini file or messing with BIOS.
Yup, best thing to do now is boot from another HD, or emergency CD if you have one, and see what the problem is from there. If you can read the HD contents, then it's something to with the boot settings and not the HD.
Alternatively, tell her to buy a Mac.
Yup, best thing to do now is boot from another HD, or emergency CD if you have one, and see what the problem is from there. If you can read the HD contents, then it's something to with the boot settings and not the HD.
Alternatively, tell her to buy a Mac.
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