Laptop Info Today

Remember when there is a time when you start your laptop and it keeps on loading for a while and then it restarts. This contiues on and on …. again and again.

No matter how you try to overcome this ….. you end up in sheer frustration.

Well, if you’re using XP, you can always use the automatic repair function but what if the automatic repair function tell you that it is an “UNKNOWN” partition?

I have faced this problem a couple of times with my clients PCs and the fast way to overcome is NOT the F- word ( in a gentle manner re-formatting).

Using the command prompt recovery console is a good solution and once you are familiar with this one …. it’s a snap.

Firstly … boot up and proceed to your recover console environment.

• Next choose the drive…. by default it is 1 - which stands for your C drive.
• Type chkdsk to run a scan on your disk.
• After the chkdsk have ended, type fixboot C:
• Finally type BOOTCFG /rebuild to fix your boot up files.
  You might be prompted whether you want to attempt this operation. Just choose Yes or type Y and proceed

What it does it fix up your boot up files. For the UNKNOWN partition, once your boot up files is corrupted it messes your partition. And don’t worry, by doing this, your data will be untouched.

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