I've been reading this forum since I was comparison-shopping for notebooks and decided to buy my baby, but now that my Sager 8790-S is having major problems of its own, I decided it would be a good idea to register!
Hopefully someone can help me. This is the third time my computer starts up, loads Windows XP but at the load screen (with the logo and the load bar at the bottom) suddenly stops and flashes the Blue Screen of Death at me. By selecting the do not restart on system failure option, I can keep the blue screen which says the system failure is due to "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME." This leads me to believe that there's something seriously wrong with XP, and I'm hoping it isn't a hardware problem.
Here's what I've tried so far to solve the problem and why it didn't work:
Reformatting using Windows Install CD: Windows cannot delete the old OS off the partition, instead "an error occurs" and I am forced to exit setup.
Safe Mode or any other Mode in F8 menu: Windows won't load under any mode. Blue Screen of Death persists.
CHKDSK in Windows Recovery: Checks the HDD up to about 40% and then reports "one or more unrecoverable problems."
FORMAT in Windows Recovery: Seemed to work the first time I had this problem--Windows loaded normally as if there never was a problem, all my files and settings were as they were. The second and third time the problem arose, I tried FORMAT and it didn't work. So I'm not sure if it really helped the first time at all.
Unless the first time this happened I tried the right things in the right order, it seems as if my computer just up and decides to start normally. I don't see why sometimes it does and other times it doesn't.
Now this is the interesting part. The first time this happened, my computer had been turned off the day before with no issues. The last two times, my computer has locked up as I tried to open 2) a newly downloaded file on my computer (file contained no viruses as far as my scan could tell) and 3) a webpage. The cursor moves but nothing is clickable when this happens, forcing me to manually shut down.
I need to know if there's a simple solution for this. My computer may decide to load XP again, but the problem doesn't look like it's going to fix itself. Do I need to perform a clean format? I really really hope it's not a hardware issue, because my warranty is just about over, and I've already RMA'd my baby once. It seems like others with this model are having lots of hardware problems. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Hopefully someone can help me. This is the third time my computer starts up, loads Windows XP but at the load screen (with the logo and the load bar at the bottom) suddenly stops and flashes the Blue Screen of Death at me. By selecting the do not restart on system failure option, I can keep the blue screen which says the system failure is due to "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME." This leads me to believe that there's something seriously wrong with XP, and I'm hoping it isn't a hardware problem.
Here's what I've tried so far to solve the problem and why it didn't work:
Reformatting using Windows Install CD: Windows cannot delete the old OS off the partition, instead "an error occurs" and I am forced to exit setup.
Safe Mode or any other Mode in F8 menu: Windows won't load under any mode. Blue Screen of Death persists.
CHKDSK in Windows Recovery: Checks the HDD up to about 40% and then reports "one or more unrecoverable problems."
FORMAT in Windows Recovery: Seemed to work the first time I had this problem--Windows loaded normally as if there never was a problem, all my files and settings were as they were. The second and third time the problem arose, I tried FORMAT and it didn't work. So I'm not sure if it really helped the first time at all.
Unless the first time this happened I tried the right things in the right order, it seems as if my computer just up and decides to start normally. I don't see why sometimes it does and other times it doesn't.
Now this is the interesting part. The first time this happened, my computer had been turned off the day before with no issues. The last two times, my computer has locked up as I tried to open 2) a newly downloaded file on my computer (file contained no viruses as far as my scan could tell) and 3) a webpage. The cursor moves but nothing is clickable when this happens, forcing me to manually shut down.
I need to know if there's a simple solution for this. My computer may decide to load XP again, but the problem doesn't look like it's going to fix itself. Do I need to perform a clean format? I really really hope it's not a hardware issue, because my warranty is just about over, and I've already RMA'd my baby once. It seems like others with this model are having lots of hardware problems. Any help is greatly appreciated.
