Error message: "operating system not found"

LedZeppelin

Firstly, here's what I'm using:

Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Li 2727 notebook
Windows Vista
Intel celeron 2.13ghz
2039M RAM

Secondly, my issue:

My initial problem when booting up was that the display was stuck on the main boot screen which simply said "Fujitsu Siemens". The next time I booted up, everything worked just fine out of the blue.
However I have since tried to start up my laptop, and after the 'Fujitsu Siemens' screen, I am greeted with the a black screen, white text reading:

Intel UNDI. PXE-2.1 (build 082)
Copyright (c) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation

For Realtek RtL8101E 10/100 PCI-Express Ethernet Adapter v1.03 (070618)
PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM
Operating System not found

Any ideas?

Torqay

First check the BIOS and see if the hard disk drive is detected.

4ndroid

Have the same issue but with differnt hardware running vista. How do u check bios?

Torqay

4ndroid wrote: »

Have the same issue but with differnt hardware running vista. How do u check bios?

Usually F2 or DEL at the POST screen.

strangel00p

best bet, drop it round to a repair technician. They should be able to sort it fairly quickly.

LedZeppelin

I checked other forums for people with the same issue.
Most likely it's the HDD.
I think mine was just loose. I took it out, put it back in and now everything is booting up fine