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Recovery console with Sata Drive
Name: xineohp Date: September 19, 2006 at 15:20:38 Pacific OS: Win XP SP2 CPU/Ram: P4 3Ghz 1GB Ram Product: Dell Dimension 9100
Comment:
Have a problem with a Dell machine. It locked up and when I reset it I got the Unmountable book error. I know how to fix this using the Recovery Console when I was using an IDE drive in my old PC, but this one is a SATA drive. How do I get the recovery console to repair a SATA drive.
Name: wanderer Date: September 19, 2006 at 15:22:40 Pacific
Reply:
Why would you think the drive type would make a difference? It doesn't.
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Response Number 2
Name: per Date: September 19, 2006 at 15:23:20 Pacific
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You probably have to reload the sata drivers on the boot.
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Response Number 3
Name: xineohp Date: September 19, 2006 at 15:24:42 Pacific
Reply:
When I tried to boot into recovery console from the CD I got an error message. I will try again and if the error message comes up I will post it.
Cheers for the quick reply
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Response Number 4
Name: wanderer Date: September 19, 2006 at 16:52:00 Pacific
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If from CD per is right. You need to load the driver for the sata controller. Better to get RC installed locally as part of the boot.ini selection.
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Response Number 5
Name: xineohp Date: September 19, 2006 at 18:17:38 Pacific
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Computers don't you just love em'. Just rebooted and everything is fine and dandy. Cheers for all your suggestions. Im going to load recovery console on the damn thing right now.
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