there are no guarantees that the chkdsk /r from the recovery console will
solve the problem, but it is certainly worth a try. and your data is likely
not lost and probably can be recovered as mentioned above. i suggest you
try other media in the optical drive, the one that you are using might not
be bootable though you think it is.
"Caramel Amazon" <Mfl4@webtv.net> wrote in message
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>
> I'll clarify about the optical drive problem.
>
> When I put a music cd in, the light on the drive flashes & I can hear it
> spin for a few seconds, then the drive just shuts off. No more flashing
> light or spinning.
>
> During the diagnostic test of the drive, the prompt will say to put in a
> bootable media. I'll do that but the pc doesn't see that it's in the
> drive so it'll keep telling me to insert a bootable media in the drive
> although there's one in there.
>
> I picked up an external optical drive before speaking with the Dell
> tech. So if I can use it to access the recovery console to get rid of
> the unmountable boot volume problem & get Windows to boot up perhaps I
> can then save my files on removable media...
>
there are no guarantees that the chkdsk /r from the recovery console
will solve the problem, but it is certainly worth a try. and your data
is likely not lost and probably can be recovered as mentioned above. i
suggest you try other media in the optical drive, the one that you are
using might not be bootable though you think it is.
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Believe me, I have. Cds & Dvds that played in it previously no longer
do. The Windows XP disc does not. Nor does the disc drive cleaner I got
when it first stopped working.
given that both the hard disk and cd drives developed a problem at the same
time sounds very suspicious.
perhaps jay b has it right with the suspicion that the board has overheated
and it is now garbage.
read up on the issue hear found under inspiron 5150... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_Inspiron
"Caramel Amazon" <Mfl4@webtv.net> wrote in message
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Christopher Muto wrote:
there are no guarantees that the chkdsk /r from the recovery console
will solve the problem, but it is certainly worth a try. and your data
is likely not lost and probably can be recovered as mentioned above. i
suggest you try other media in the optical drive, the one that you are
using might not be bootable though you think it is.
- - - - - - - -
Believe me, I have. Cds & Dvds that played in it previously no longer
do. The Windows XP disc does not. Nor does the disc drive cleaner I got
when it first stopped working.
"Christopher Muto" <muto@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:5MSdnZsoPL-bU7HVnZ2dnUVZ_s7inZ2d@earthlink.com...
> given that both the hard disk and cd drives developed a problem at the
> same time sounds very suspicious.
> perhaps jay b has it right with the suspicion that the board has
> overheated and it is now garbage.
> read up on the issue hear found under inspiron 5150...
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_Inspiron
>
> "Caramel Amazon" <Mfl4@webtv.net> wrote in message
> news:3348-482CC484-1128@storefull-3115.bay.webtv.net...
>
> Christopher Muto wrote:
>
> there are no guarantees that the chkdsk /r from the recovery console
> will solve the problem, but it is certainly worth a try. and your data
> is likely not lost and probably can be recovered as mentioned above. i
> suggest you try other media in the optical drive, the one that you are
> using might not be bootable though you think it is.
>
> - - - - - - - -
>
> Believe me, I have. Cds & Dvds that played in it previously no longer
> do. The Windows XP disc does not. Nor does the disc drive cleaner I got
> when it first stopped working.
>
>
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