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The Hard Drive Houdini
I'm not quite sure if this would be a helpful hint but it definitely helped my cousin out. His HD would not work, I don't know the details but he said that he tried everything. He didn't know what else to do so he asked help from a family friend who is supposedly a comp guru. This guy took the...- N3ko
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Unmountable boot volume
I keep getting the blue screen with this message "Unmountable boot volume"...I have tried the following: Installed 2 different HDs that I tested with favorable results on another comp. WinXP boot to the recovery console and performed a "chkdsk /r"...took forever and detected nothing. WinXP...- N3ko
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Partition problems - missing 73GB
Just partitioned a 200GB SATA HD using Windows XP while formating (bad idea I guess)and the total size dropped down to 127GB, I reformatted and deleted all partitions yet the 127 still remains. Any suggestions?- N3ko
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
