Stupid Laptop
Friday, November 19th 2004 · My Life
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This past Monday, I traded in my desktop machine at work for a laptop. I'd had the desktop for about a year, and loved it. The thing had a gig of memory and a 2.4ghz processor, and I had nary a complaint. The laptop wasn't as much a powerhouse machine, but I decided on the swap because with a laptop, should I get stranded at home this winter, I could potentially work from home as an alternative to burning a vacation day.
However, a few hours ago, the laptop blew up. "Unmountable boot volume". Then it wouldn't reboot. Damn thing died on me. I don't know if the hard drive is gone for good, but if it is, I've lost the project that I just completed today, after about 3 weeks work.
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Comment Friday, November 19th 2004 by tagger
So . . . you no longer have a desktop machine at work at all? Dare I ask about backups?
Try this . . .
1. Boot the Windows XP CD
2. When you see the Welcome to setup, press the R key (you should get a DOS prompt)
3. Type "CHKDSK /P" (without the quotes) to the prompt and press ENTER
4. When CHKDSK is done, type "FIXBOOT" and press ENTER
5. When prompted, type "Y" and press ENTER
6. Type "EXIT" and press ENTER
The system should now boot into Windows
If that doesn't work, repeat Steps 1 - 3 above, substituting CHKDSK /R, followed by Step 6 (skip Steps 4 & 5) -- Takes longer, but does the same thing.
If *that* doesn't work, let me know.
Good luck!
Try this . . .
1. Boot the Windows XP CD
2. When you see the Welcome to setup, press the R key (you should get a DOS prompt)
3. Type "CHKDSK /P" (without the quotes) to the prompt and press ENTER
4. When CHKDSK is done, type "FIXBOOT" and press ENTER
5. When prompted, type "Y" and press ENTER
6. Type "EXIT" and press ENTER
The system should now boot into Windows
If that doesn't work, repeat Steps 1 - 3 above, substituting CHKDSK /R, followed by Step 6 (skip Steps 4 & 5) -- Takes longer, but does the same thing.
If *that* doesn't work, let me know.
Good luck!
Comment Monday, November 22nd 2004 by Greg
Well, now I'm back to using a desktop, since I won't be working there much longer. I gave my 4 weeks notice today. 
Comment Tuesday, November 23rd 2004 by tagger
Guess that solves the laptop problem. Assuming, of course, that you were able to get your files off the laptop disk and onto the desktop system.
I hope your IT guys check out the hardware, then repartition and reinstall Windows XP before handing your ex-laptop off to the next victim.
I hope your IT guys check out the hardware, then repartition and reinstall Windows XP before handing your ex-laptop off to the next victim.
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