I need some help. My laptop won't start up and it has "unmountable boot disk"...?

Question

I did tests and the error codes that appear are...

0f00 : 1344
0f00 : 0244
0f00 : 1A44

msg : block 88855

uncorrectable data error or media

I tried all the stuff that microsoft said, but nothing works. I tried loading it from the microsoft xp but it just goes to boot up screen and says, safe mode, normal mode, and last known working settings. And the blue screen of death still pops up. Is the hard drive dead?

Answer 1

How to access the Recovery Console: - take this link for more informationThe Recovery Console is a set of tools which run from a Command prompt. If your system is formatted as NTFS then these tools can help you manage the partition. You can learn more about the Recovery Console through Help and Support or
Click here for information about the different commands and their functions .
To run the Recovery Console from CD boot with the Windows XP CD (or with the optional 6 floppy disk set) and select "R" at the Welcome Screen.

The screen will switch to black and you will be asked which installation to log on to. If you only have one installation you will press "1". Remember that numlock is off at this time.

Next you'll be prompted to enter your Admin password. By default it is created blank so just press Enter.

At the C:\Windows command prompt type "Help" for a list of commands you can use.


How to Repair the Boot Sector:
If XP won't start it may be due to a damaged boot sector or a missing or corrupt ntldr or ntdetect.com files.
To replace damaged ntldr and ntdetect.com you can copy fresh files from the XP CD using the COPY command. Boot with the XP CD and enter the Recovery Console (as above). At the Command Prompt type the following (where "X" is your CD-Rom drive letter) allowing the files to overwrite the old files
COPY X:\i386\NTLDR C:
COPY X:\i386\NTDETECT.COM C:

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm



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Answer 2

This doesn't sound good. You might be able to remove the hard drive, mount it in an external usb enclosure and copy the files to another computer.

In the end however, you'll need to reinstall Windows (after throughly testing the hard drive).

Mike Honeycutt