Boot Failure

[Don't Hack!!!]

Okay i got a problem my sis's comp wont boot cause it says unmountable_boot_volume. CAn this be related to not turning off the computer properly like just holding down the power button for it to go off? Anyway okay so I decided to reinstall windows on the comp which is a dell by the way. And I put in the windows cd and it doesnt boot from cd so i restart the comp go into bios and theres no option there so then i push F12 to get to the boot menu and i select IDE CD-Rom Device and it keeps giving me Strike F1 to retry reboot, F2 for setup utility. I hit F1 and nothing happens. Any suggestions? Damn Dell mobos to hell!!

 

[Don't Hack!!!]

Oh yeah tried safe mode to try and run some diagnotics but it wont boot to safe mode either.

 

[Vampiric Rouge]

Do you mean there is no option to go in to the bios? On a lot of dells the bios is F2...What type of dell, give us some specs..

 

[Don't Hack!!!]

YEs i got into the bios but theres no boot option to boot from cd

 

[Vampiric Rouge]

It might not be seeing your CD-ROM.

 

[EternityOfPain]

YEs i got into the bios but theres no boot option to boot from cd

maybe your hard drive is currupt make sure you have it set so it runs from the cd-rom first not the hard drive.

 

[Vampiric Rouge]

YEs i got into the bios but theres no boot option to boot from cd

maybe your hard drive is currupt make sure you have it set so it runs from the cd-rom first not the hard drive.

It clearly says there isn't a boot to cd option in the bios that he can see..

 

[Trizoy]

make the cdrom the first in the boot priority the 3.5 disk second and the hd 3rd... ie boot from cd..

 

[Praetor]

YEs i got into the bios but theres no boot option to boot from cd

What options are there then?

It clearly says there isn't a boot to cd option in the bios that he can see..

Well it just says he cant find one yet ... it's there ... even on this crapped out 1996 Dell Latitude im looking at has it