Unmountable_Boot_Volume

[Elizabeth]

I can't get it to work. Compaq refuses to send me
anything to fix my Presario 5000 unless I pay $60 for a
warranty, when they have sent me a disk in the past for
free. I just need it replaced. How do I go about fixing
this without paying the $60 for a warranty I don't need?

[Jupiter Jones]

Elizabeth;
Power off, open the case and reseat the hard drive IDE ribbon cable at
both ends.
If that fails:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q297185&
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315403

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"Elizabeth" > wrote in message
...
> I can't get it to work. Compaq refuses to send me
> anything to fix my Presario 5000 unless I pay $60 for a
> warranty, when they have sent me a disk in the past for
> free. I just need it replaced. How do I go about fixing
> this without paying the $60 for a warranty I don't need?

[Brandon]

JJ,

I get the same problem as elizabeth. Occasionally, durng
startup, i get this screen stating "unmountable boot
volume". I had to restart the PC a couple of times to
solve the problem. What seems to be the problem ?? How
can i solve it ??? Many tks !!!!

>-----Original Message-----
>Elizabeth;
>Power off, open the case and reseat the hard drive IDE
ribbon cable at
>both ends.
>If that fails:
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-
US;Q297185&
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315403
>
>--
>Jupiter Jones
>An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/s
etup.asp
>Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.
>
>
>"Elizabeth" > wrote in message
...
>> I can't get it to work. Compaq refuses to send me
>> anything to fix my Presario 5000 unless I pay $60 for a
>> warranty, when they have sent me a disk in the past for
>> free. I just need it replaced. How do I go about
fixing
>> this without paying the $60 for a warranty I don't
need?
>
>
>.
>

[Jupiter Jones]

Brandon;
Reseating the IDE cable often fixes it.
See the links in my other post if issue remains.

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"Brandon" > wrote in message
...
> JJ,
>
> I get the same problem as elizabeth. Occasionally, durng
> startup, i get this screen stating "unmountable boot
> volume". I had to restart the PC a couple of times to
> solve the problem. What seems to be the problem ?? How
> can i solve it ??? Many tks !!!!
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Elizabeth;
> >Power off, open the case and reseat the hard drive IDE
> ribbon cable at
> >both ends.
> >If that fails:
> >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-
> US;Q297185&
> >http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315403
> >
> >--
> >Jupiter Jones
> >An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/s
> etup.asp
> >Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.
> >
> >
> >"Elizabeth" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I can't get it to work. Compaq refuses to send me
> >> anything to fix my Presario 5000 unless I pay $60 for a
> >> warranty, when they have sent me a disk in the past for
> >> free. I just need it replaced. How do I go about
> fixing
> >> this without paying the $60 for a warranty I don't
> need?
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Jim Macklin]

I would think some impending failure in the hard drive
causing tolerance of the reading of the data tracks. Run
some diagnostics such as SMART.


"Brandon" > wrote in message
...
| JJ,
|
| I get the same problem as elizabeth. Occasionally, durng
| startup, i get this screen stating "unmountable boot
| volume". I had to restart the PC a couple of times to
| solve the problem. What seems to be the problem ?? How
| can i solve it ??? Many tks !!!!
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Elizabeth;
| >Power off, open the case and reseat the hard drive IDE
| ribbon cable at
| >both ends.
| >If that fails:
| >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-
| US;Q297185&
| >http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315403
| >
| >--
| >Jupiter Jones
| >An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
| >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/s
| etup.asp
| >Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.
| >
| >
| >"Elizabeth" > wrote in message
| ...
| >> I can't get it to work. Compaq refuses to send me
| >> anything to fix my Presario 5000 unless I pay $60 for a
| >> warranty, when they have sent me a disk in the past for
| >> free. I just need it replaced. How do I go about
| fixing
| >> this without paying the $60 for a warranty I don't
| need?
| >
| >
| >.
| >