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    need help on my old toshiba laptop

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by jaxxx, Jan 30, 2008.

  1. jaxxx

    jaxxx Notebook Consultant

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    just yesterday my 4 yr old toshiba a75-205 woud not boot up and was giving me the blue screen saying "unmountable boot volume"

    Im not really sure how to fix it since I had my motherboard replaced a few years ago and now the recovery CD that comes with the laptop is saying "wrong machine"

    any tips on what to do to fix this or atleast recover my data from my hard drive??? thanks
     
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    That's usually the hard drive. You can buy an external case to see if you can get the data off via usb.
     
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    i was just looking at one at BB and CC, could someone show me which one i need???

    once i get this case can I just hook the case up tp another PC and get the info i wanted?
     
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    You need one with a IDE connector.
     
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    k...size??? 2.5???

    it says ata/ide on my hard drive
     
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    Yes 2.5..........
     
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    whats the difference with sata and ata? I found some cases that are for sata/ide
     
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    You cannot use a SATA drive so don't buy one. You need a 2.5" IDE or PATA drive.
     
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    bought a extrenal hdd enclosure and it worked great and fast through my roomates macbook, but wont work through my work computer or Gfs laptop(sony vaio)
     
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    its weird it would show up on my roomates macbook within 4 sec... but on my Gfs vaio or my work comp. it just woudnt load on "my computer", it would end up going on " not responding" and I would have to " end task"
     
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    ok now i tried it on another dell laptop and did the same thing... wont connect at all , i cant get access to my files.... its weird cause it hooks right up on the macbook
     
    jaxxx, Feb 1, 2008
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