Re: [Skunkworks] Repairing Unmountable boot Volume on windows 7 without CD
He didn't say :) On 24 October 2014 14:46, Tusker 21 <tusker212@gmail.com> wrote:
@Wash Maybe he has encrypted the disk. Mounting it as a slave on another might yield nothing
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Odhiambo Washington via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Why do I feel that you will be forced to remove the disk, mount it on another machine and do the Scandisk? Also looks like you may be in for recovery using your last backup.
I suspect it may be worse than a broken filesystem. The fact that it don't even see the device as mountable mean he has mangled the first 63 or 126 sectors depending on whether the device is using 512 or 1024 sector size or worse it's a hardware problem If it's the later, every time he try to use the drive, he make it worse. Better to dd the content to another drive and try the fix there. William
On 24 October 2014 12:55, Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Good afternoon,
My Toshiba Satellite C660-14K Laptop does not boot up on powering on. It displays a "Unmountable Boot Volume" error.
Is there anyway I can restore the machine to the last settings without a CD? A link where I can download the Boot Image etc?
I've tried Safe mode but it won't work.
thanks
Solomon
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Let me give out the source of my problem. I restored the laptop to the previous correctly configured system and it worked out well. Then I wanted to see the games installed ( I got it from my mum) and there was one which I think is the source of boot volume failure. After playing the game, I shut down the laptop and retired for the night. The following morning on powering it up, it gave me the options for restoring the computer using the recommended settings, on booting up. However, that failed. I also tried safe mode, debugging and all sorts of restoring you can think, but it failed. The message I get on restarting is "Unmountable Boot Volume".. I wonder if by having CD with the windows image, I could get sorted out. With the foregoing, I may have to contact Eric. Give me the location of your office/ base so as to make plans as I'll be in West Pokot next week. Thanks On 24 October 2014 17:24, William Muriithi via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
He didn't say :)
On 24 October 2014 14:46, Tusker 21 <tusker212@gmail.com> wrote:
@Wash Maybe he has encrypted the disk. Mounting it as a slave on another might yield nothing
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Odhiambo Washington via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Why do I feel that you will be forced to remove the disk, mount it on another machine and do the Scandisk? Also looks like you may be in for recovery using your last backup.
I suspect it may be worse than a broken filesystem. The fact that it don't even see the device as mountable mean he has mangled the first 63 or 126 sectors depending on whether the device is using 512 or 1024 sector size or worse it's a hardware problem
If it's the later, every time he try to use the drive, he make it worse. Better to dd the content to another drive and try the fix there.
William
On 24 October 2014 12:55, Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau <
skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
wrote:
Good afternoon,
My Toshiba Satellite C660-14K Laptop does not boot up on powering on. It displays a "Unmountable Boot Volume" error.
Is there anyway I can restore the machine to the last settings without a CD? A link where I can download the Boot Image etc?
I've tried Safe mode but it won't work.
thanks
Solomon
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Boot from a Windows disk and run check disk from command prompt should resolve this problem. --Mark. On 25 Oct 2014, at 13:13, "Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau via skunkworks" <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Let me give out the source of my problem.
I restored the laptop to the previous correctly configured system and it worked out well.
Then I wanted to see the games installed ( I got it from my mum) and there was one which I think is the source of boot volume failure. After playing the game, I shut down the laptop and retired for the night.
The following morning on powering it up, it gave me the options for restoring the computer using the recommended settings, on booting up. However, that failed. I also tried safe mode, debugging and all sorts of restoring you can think, but it failed.
The message I get on restarting is "Unmountable Boot Volume"..
I wonder if by having CD with the windows image, I could get sorted out.
With the foregoing, I may have to contact Eric. Give me the location of your office/ base so as to make plans as I'll be in West Pokot next week.
Thanks
On 24 October 2014 17:24, William Muriithi via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
He didn't say :)
On 24 October 2014 14:46, Tusker 21 <tusker212@gmail.com> wrote:
@Wash Maybe he has encrypted the disk. Mounting it as a slave on another might yield nothing
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Odhiambo Washington via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Why do I feel that you will be forced to remove the disk, mount it on another machine and do the Scandisk? Also looks like you may be in for recovery using your last backup.
I suspect it may be worse than a broken filesystem. The fact that it don't even see the device as mountable mean he has mangled the first 63 or 126 sectors depending on whether the device is using 512 or 1024 sector size or worse it's a hardware problem
If it's the later, every time he try to use the drive, he make it worse. Better to dd the content to another drive and try the fix there.
William
On 24 October 2014 12:55, Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Good afternoon,
My Toshiba Satellite C660-14K Laptop does not boot up on powering on. It displays a "Unmountable Boot Volume" error.
Is there anyway I can restore the machine to the last settings without a CD? A link where I can download the Boot Image etc?
I've tried Safe mode but it won't work.
thanks
Solomon
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