Pilgrim
Puritanboard Commissioner
This morning I attempted to boot up my Toshiba that I've had for well over 4 years and got a BSOD with the dreaded "unmountable boot volume" error. I suspect the hard drive is toast and it's been at least a year in coming. Even if it could somehow be fixed, it's about time for another one anyway. (I don't think I've lost any irreplaceable data since I started storing that offline at the first sign of trouble. But I might try to work with it later to make sure.)
What would the brain trust here recommend? It appears that Toshiba's market share continues to grow. Other contenders would appear to be Dell, HP and Lenovo. I have no personal experience with any of the latter. I do know that Lenovo is the successor to the old IBM Thinkpads that were highly regarded.
I won't entertain any recommendations of "Get a Mac!" unless you wish to donate to my PayPal account to help me pay the difference. Surely hard drives go out on Macs too, or are those indestructible as well?
What would the brain trust here recommend? It appears that Toshiba's market share continues to grow. Other contenders would appear to be Dell, HP and Lenovo. I have no personal experience with any of the latter. I do know that Lenovo is the successor to the old IBM Thinkpads that were highly regarded.
I won't entertain any recommendations of "Get a Mac!" unless you wish to donate to my PayPal account to help me pay the difference. Surely hard drives go out on Macs too, or are those indestructible as well?