Unmountable boot volume?

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Got this message for the 3rd time today in two weeks. Although I'm able to boot up with last known good settings, I can see by some research that my HD is about to fail.
I'm going to order a Seagate 120g (5400rpm) from Newegg for $62. This will replace the 40g oem in my Dell Lat. It's an ATA-6 so my options are limited but it should be more than sufficient for my needs.

Any advice/suggestions for saving/transferring existing data from my current HD? I see these external HD housings + software allow for copying/ghosting HD's..............fairly simple?

Thanks......

THEMUGG · Answer

Got this message for the 3rd time today in two weeks. Although I'm able to boot up with last known good settings, I can see by some research that my HD is about to fail.
I'm going to order a Seagate 120g (5400rpm) from Newegg for $62. This will replace the 40g oem in my Dell Lat. It's an ATA-6 so my options are limited but it should be more than sufficient for my needs.

Any advice/suggestions for saving/transferring existing data from my current HD? I see these external HD housings + software allow for copying/ghosting HD's..............fairly simple?

Thanks......

Lippsman · Answer

Yeah, pretty straightforward.  It will ghost your drive and you shouldn&#x27;t miss a beat.  We use Norton Ghost and use it in DOS mode.  That way we are sure everything is as it should be.  I&#x27;m not a fan of ghosting in Windows mode.

Unmountable boot volume?

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