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7. might be able to fix it

Sat Aug 3, 2019, 08:09 PM

Aug 2019

Unmountable means that the disk was detected, but that the files on it were corrupted to a point that the filesystem was not able to be "mounted" and made available.

It may not be a sign of a failed hard drive. E.g. a really nasty Windows bug or a really nasty Windows virus could scribble random bits on the disk and cause this failure.

Here's on tutorial on what "might" help

Another thing to try is to just erase the disk and try re-installing windows again.

Given that you had multiple failures like this fairly quickly, I'm tending toward guessing you had some malware that hosed your systems. Of course, that's just a guess.

Good luck!

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Any have experience with "unmountable boot volume"? [View all] elocs Aug 2019 OP

Replace failed hard drives with SSD in the laptops and Linux distro load them? Brainfodder Aug 2019 #1

The cost is not worth it for 2 old and inexpensive laptops. elocs Aug 2019 #2

Two disk failures in two weeks Midnightwalk Aug 2019 #3

I used these laptops like a desktop computer in my living room elocs Aug 2019 #4

if you have full backups, replacing a laptop drive yourself is a matter of a handful of screws mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #5

I want nothing more to do with Windows, ever if I can help it. n/t elocs Aug 2019 #6

might be able to fix it CloudWatcher Aug 2019 #7

Thanks for the advice but I want nothing more to do with Windows. elocs Aug 2019 #8

Bye bye windows :) CloudWatcher Aug 2019 #9

I will have very little on the cloud. elocs Aug 2019 #10