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Discussion in 'Technology' started by rmk, Jan 14, 2008.

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  1. rmk

    rmk Formula 3

    Mar 24, 2002
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    Hi all,

    I have an ACER laptop which has S*** the bed. I now get the blue screen of death with the comment 'UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME'. I cannot restore, boot in safe mode or anything.
    It has Windows Vista Basic on it. Can anyone tell me if everthing I have on it is lost? Can I
    recover? If not, how much does Windows XP cost to buy myself and install?

    Cheers
     
  2. AntonyR

    AntonyR F1 Veteran

    Apr 12, 2004
    5,426
    Los Angeles
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    Antony
  3. tjacoby

    tjacoby F1 Rookie

    Nov 1, 2003
    2,857
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    tj
    Can't restore from the recovery partitions? I had to "pick" the right one out of the half-dozen options I was granted, and then it booted up fine. If that fails, can you repair from your recovery DVD (if you have one), or re-install from scratch?

    Worst case - your hardware is toast, and no OS, not even XP, is going to do it for you.

    likely more of a hardware issue than o/s, but, well - good luck!
     
  4. yoda

    yoda F1 Rookie

    Sep 27, 2004
    2,598
    UT
    You could try the Ultimate Boot CD for data recovery, I'm not sure how well it works with Vista though, never tried it.
     
  5. Schatten

    Schatten F1 World Champ
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    Apr 3, 2001
    11,238
    Austin, TX
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    Randy
  6. masterflex164

    masterflex164 Formula Junior

    Oct 17, 2004
    630
    New England
    i know you're gonna hate me for suggesting this but...

    www.apple.com

    someone had to do it, sooner or later.
     

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