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unmountable boot volume

Started by ARGB , Mar 19 2007 06:51 AM

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#1
ARGB

Posted 19 March 2007 - 06:51 AM

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Basically my computer froze a few days ago so i held the power switch to turn it off. Then i restarted my computer and i got a black screen with

Drive 1 not found : serial ATA SATA -2
Drive 3 npt found : parallel ATA PATA -1 (PRI IDE Slave)
Floppy diskette seek falure
Strike F1 to continue or F2 to enter system setup

when i press F1 i get a blue screen with unmountable boot volume written on it .

I called my I.T people and tey said basically my hard drive is ead and i have to buy a new one. so i bought the same hard drive to replace the dead 1. And now i have the same problem

Drive 1 not found : serial ATA SATA -2
Drive 3 npt found : parallel ATA PATA -1 (PRI IDE Slave)
Floppy diskette seek falure
Strike F1 to continue or F2 to enter system setup

only the blue message does not appear anymore HELP ME PLEASE

#2
The Skeptic

Posted 19 March 2007 - 10:09 AM

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4,075 posts

Reinstall the "damaged" drive into the computer (I doubt that it's damaged)

Try to remove the sata cable on the motherboard side and plug it to another socket. Make sure the cable is well secured on both ends.

When you enter bios, is the the drive recognized at the bios? Is there anywhere in the bios that gives you an option to enable or disable sata? If there is, please enable. save the changes and let the computer reboot.

If this doesnt' help please let us know what of driver you have (maker and model) and I'll give you a link where you can download diagnostic tools and sata drivers for the drive .