unmountable volume

[gracetai]

When power up my labtop, it say unmountable volume so I slaved it but when I
try to see the hdd, it says "F" (which is the drive) and it says it not
accessible. Does that means my hdd is spoilt? Thanks

 

[Ron Martell]

When power up my labtop, it say unmountable volume so I slaved it but when I
try to see the hdd, it says "F" (which is the drive) and it says it not
accessible. Does that means my hdd is spoilt? Thanks

Yes. That is a classic symptom of a dead hard drive.

It may be possible to recover really important data from the drive,
but doing so will probably be expensive and require the services of a
data recovery expert.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2008)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

 

[Andrew E.]

Try booting to xp cd,recovery,in recovery type:CHKDSK F: /R
After type:EXIT You can also go to the hd mfg web site,download thier
MS-DOS hd utility,boot to the cd or floppy with the utility,run the tests..

 

[gracetai]

Many thanks for the suggestions, yes indeed fried.