Thanks, Mary. I will check it out - I have not changed anything since it was new a year ago, so I'm not sure it's a compatibility problem, but I'm not going to discount anything at this point...
I don't have a Windows XP CD - I was planning on booting from an external floppy drive with XP floppy recovery disks that I downloaded from Microsoft... Will that get me into the Recovery Console?
I got the XP reinstall disc from Dell yesterday, and after 2-3 tries I got it to boot to the recovery console. I ran the chkdsk /r and everything was repaired! Thanks for the help...
I get an 'unmountable boot volume' error when booting my Inspiron 1000. Is this a software corruption or a physical hard drive problem? I have tried all of the suggestions that come up with the error (safe mode, use last good configuration, etc.) but it will not boot. Any suggestions?
What happens when u run chkdsk/r and then it says that some areas of the drive are unrecoverable or 50% completed , I mean what u do when chkdsk/r doesnt fix the problem
Any help appreciated
T4m52
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No, you need a Windows XP CD.
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What happens when u run chkdsk/r and then it says that some areas of the drive are unrecoverable or 50% completed , I mean what u do when chkdsk/r doesnt fix the problem
Any help appreciated
T4m52