problem with freedom zoostorm 3310-9310

quinns2003

hi guys... sister in law has this netbook but it is stuck at the windows did not start window with the safe mode , safe with networking and last known best config , if you leave it to count down to start windows normally you get the windows screen as its goona load then goes back to where we were , this does come with a recovery disc but we have no disc drive so ive copied recovery disc to usb but it wont boot from usb.. the only thing we can get into is F2 boot manager anyone got any ideas.. when you press safe mode the screen goes through the drivers and stuff then a blue screen with writing on flashes and were back to the start windows screen again.. is it knackered or can it be saved... thx guys :beer:

m5rcc

Any important data on it? What type of "recovery disc" did you put on your USB. How did you copy the disc onto the USB?

quinns2003

hi.. its a microsoft windows xp sp3 external recovery media disc.. i just presumed that you put the cd in my pc open it and copied all files to the usb

m5rcc

quinns2003 wrote: »

hi.. its a microsoft windows xp sp3 external recoverymedia disc.. i just presumed that you put the cd in my pc open it and copied all files to the usb

Sadly not. I don't think you made your USB pen drive bootable, hence why it did nothing at startup.

If you want a flash drive to be bootable, you have to use a utility like diskpart to do that. Then copying an install DVD to it will make it act as bootable install media for Windows.

A. Make a bootable flash drive by opening a Command Prompt, 'Run as Administrator', to run these commands:
diskpart
('list disk' to determine number)
select disk 2 (if it is 2)
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=fat32
assign
exit

B. Copy DVD to the Flash Drive
xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\

m5rcc

Or use this tool (will still work for XP recovery discs)

quinns2003

thx for replies she has bought a toshiba laptop now , so not so urgent but i will try and fix it over the weekend or bin it

quinns2003

ok managed to make the bootable usb (i think) now it just boots to command prompt.. managed to mess about with the settings and get the blue death screen to stay on which reads UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME can this be fixed or am i flogging a dead horse

TakeThis

quinns2003 wrote: »

ok managed to make the bootable usb (i think) now it just boots to command prompt.. managed to mess about with the settings and get the blue death screen to stay on which reads UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME can this be fixed or am i flogging a dead horse

To repair the volume, follow these steps:
Start your computer by inserting the Windows startup disks or the Windows installation disk if your computer can start from the CD drive.
When the Welcome to Setup screen appears, press R to select the repair option.
If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot computer, select the Windows installation that you want to access from the Recovery Console.
Type the administrator password when you are prompted to do this.

Note If no administrator password exists, press ENTER.
At the command prompt, on the drive where Windows is installed, type chkdsk /r, and then press ENTER.
At the command prompt, type exit, and then press ENTER to restart your computer.
After you repair the volume, check your hardware to isolate the cause of the file system damage.
If this procedure does not work, repeat it, but type fixboot instead of chkdsk /r in step 5.

quinns2003

thx for reply but no disc drive so i have to do it from usb and ive tried the pressing r but nothing happens =(