i get a blue screen everytime i start my pc and it says " Unmountable_Boot_Volume " i already tried resetting the BIOS but it still shows up even when i try to start on safe mode
help me pls i dont want to lose all my data
That means Windows is looking for a device that it is used to, or used source data from (Page file, registry hive, yatta.) You've got two options. Repair install or format.
Also, if you are really concerned about data loss I would pull the drive, connect it to a working PC, and copy everything to a safe place. THEN try the chkdsk /r. It is unlikely that a file system repair will cause data loss in itself, but if the drive is failing anything can happen.
Follow the instructions in the Microsoft KB article I linked to. You will need a Windows XP CD, but it does not have to be for the exact version you have installed. Let us know if you have any other questions.
What PC are you using right now? If you are comfortable doing so you can pull the hard drive out of the one getting the error, set it as slave on the PC you are using and run chkdsk by right clicking on the drive in Windows Explorer > Properties > Tools > Select "Check Now" under Error Checking > select both check boxes.
You need to borrow an XP CD (preferred), use someone else's PC to repair your file system, or use their computer to burn a CD of a third party tool like the one I mentioned. I'll dig around for something else and maybe someone can give another suggestion, but I think those are the only viable options if you want to recover from this.
If your PC has a recovery partition you can boot to it and reinstall in order to get up and running again, but that will most likely wipe all data on the drive. It's been a while since I worked on a Vaio, but I don't remember any of them having recovery partitions. What is your model?
does that 3rd party program start on its own when i put the disc in?
If you are asking if your computer will automatically boot from it once it is in the drive, well that depends on what your boot options are set to in BIOS. You may have to alter the boot order or select a quick boot option from the POST screen (the first screen you see when your PC starts up) would probably be an "F" key (F12, F10, etc)
I'll see what I can find out about your model when I have some more time.
maybe u can give me a program that doesnt require a floppy disk???
I believe that Hiren's Boot CD has NTFS4DOS 1.9 on it, but you'll have to find it yourself; for legal reasons I won't be linking to it. I still think the best solution is to find someone who has a Windows XP CD you can borrow.
it says "G:\ is not accessible
Error performing inpage operation"
Ok, so it shows up in Device Manager and in Windows Explorer. Run chkdsk by right clicking on the drive in Windows Explorer > Properties > Tools > Select "Check Now" under Error Checking > select both check boxes. This can take a few hours, especially over USB.
Hopefully we don't bork your mbr, but that can be fixed later. Assuming the drive is not failing, chkdsk should repair the file system and make the drive bootable again, or at least make it so data is accessible again. I'd also like to state again that if the drive IS failing we could kill it here, but as it stands you're not able to get data off of it without professional assistance.
isnt the bar under the check boxes supposed to fill up?
bec it just closes the window
before it closes the window does it say something like:
"The disk check could not be performed because the disk check utility needs exclusive access to some Windows files on the disk. These files can be accessed only by restarting Windows. Do you want to schedule this disk check to occur the next time you restart the computer?"
If you check both boxes and click "Start" but it then closes instantly without any errors, we need to check Event Viewer to see if anything is being reported there.
Start > Run > eventvwr.msc
Look for any System events with red a "X" next to them.
it says
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Disk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7
Date: 5/29/2008
Time: 11:35:04 PM
User: N/A
Computer:
Description:
The device, \Device\Harddisk1\D, has a bad block.
Yeah, that's what we're trying to repair. I've never had chkdsk just close on me while trying to run it within Windows. You might try rebooting into Safe Mode and trying again. You can get into safe mode by rebooting and pressing F8 before the Windows splash screen. This should present you with a list of boot options. Select "Safe Mode"
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Also, if you are really concerned about data loss I would pull the drive, connect it to a working PC, and copy everything to a safe place. THEN try the chkdsk /r. It is unlikely that a file system repair will cause data loss in itself, but if the drive is failing anything can happen.
Which brings me to my next point, you may want to run a diagnostic on your HDD as explained here: http://icrontic.com/articles/hard_drive_diagnostics
Follow the instructions in the Microsoft KB article I linked to. You will need a Windows XP CD, but it does not have to be for the exact version you have installed. Let us know if you have any other questions.
What PC are you using right now? If you are comfortable doing so you can pull the hard drive out of the one getting the error, set it as slave on the PC you are using and run chkdsk by right clicking on the drive in Windows Explorer > Properties > Tools > Select "Check Now" under Error Checking > select both check boxes.
You could also use a third party app that has chkdsk on it like this: http://www.freewarefiles.com/NTFSDOS-readwrite-NTFS-From-DOS_program_11100.html
But I can not guarantee the legality, security, or effectiveness of it as I have never used it, but found it with the google.
If your PC has a recovery partition you can boot to it and reinstall in order to get up and running again, but that will most likely wipe all data on the drive. It's been a while since I worked on a Vaio, but I don't remember any of them having recovery partitions. What is your model?
If you are asking if your computer will automatically boot from it once it is in the drive, well that depends on what your boot options are set to in BIOS. You may have to alter the boot order or select a quick boot option from the POST screen (the first screen you see when your PC starts up) would probably be an "F" key (F12, F10, etc)
I'll see what I can find out about your model when I have some more time.
I believe that Hiren's Boot CD has NTFS4DOS 1.9 on it, but you'll have to find it yourself; for legal reasons I won't be linking to it. I still think the best solution is to find someone who has a Windows XP CD you can borrow.
Define: "won't open"
If it is not detected in BIOS then you need to set the jumpers correctly.
Does it show up under Disk Drives? If yes, does it show up in My Computer?
Error performing inpage operation"
Ok, so it shows up in Device Manager and in Windows Explorer. Run chkdsk by right clicking on the drive in Windows Explorer > Properties > Tools > Select "Check Now" under Error Checking > select both check boxes. This can take a few hours, especially over USB.
Hopefully we don't bork your mbr, but that can be fixed later. Assuming the drive is not failing, chkdsk should repair the file system and make the drive bootable again, or at least make it so data is accessible again. I'd also like to state again that if the drive IS failing we could kill it here, but as it stands you're not able to get data off of it without professional assistance.
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bec it just closes the window
before it closes the window does it say something like:
"The disk check could not be performed because the disk check utility needs exclusive access to some Windows files on the disk. These files can be accessed only by restarting Windows. Do you want to schedule this disk check to occur the next time you restart the computer?"
Start > Run > eventvwr.msc
Look for any System events with red a "X" next to them.
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Disk
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7
Date: 5/29/2008
Time: 11:35:04 PM
User: N/A
Computer:
Description:
The device, \Device\Harddisk1\D, has a bad block.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
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0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 d4 ab 82 02 00 00 00 .Ô«‚....
0028: 8f 48 07 00 00 00 00 00 H......
0030: ff ff ff ff 01 00 00 00 ÿÿÿÿ....
0038: 40 00 00 84 02 00 00 00 @..„....
0040: 00 20 0a 12 40 03 20 40 . ..
0048: 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 ........
0050: 00 00 00 00 98 c9 c2 82 ....˜É‚
0058: 00 00 00 00 78 c2 d4 82 ....xÂÔ‚
0060: 00 00 00 00 ea 55 41 01 ....êUA.
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0070: 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
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