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Boot up error - Wondows XP

  • 20-09-2012 12:41pm
    #1
    paulpd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 159 ✭✭


    Hello,

    Last night I went to turn on the PC and when it attempted to boot (Windows XP) this was one of the messages on the screen :

    For Realtek RTL8118s/081695 Gigabit Ethernet
    PXE-E61 : Media test failure, check cable
    PXE-M8F : Exiting PXE ROM.

    Then it went back to the options for booting (Safe Mode, Start Windows normally, etc) When I selected one it just kept going on a loop back to these options.

    Any idea what's wrong?

    Thanks a lot.


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  • #2
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    paulpd wrote: »
    Hello,

    Last night I went to turn on the PC and when it attempted to boot (Windows XP) this was one of the messages on the screen :

    For Realtek RTL8118s/081695 Gigabit Ethernet
    PXE-E61 : Media test failure, check cable
    PXE-M8F : Exiting PXE ROM.

    Then it went back to the options for booting (Safe Mode, Start Windows normally, etc) When I selected one it just kept going on a loop back to these options.

    Any idea what's wrong?

    Thanks a lot.

    Sounds to me like a failing hard disk, I'd reccomend doing a backup of the stuff using the Ubuntu Live CD (Don't Install) if you can and then running a decent HDD scan such as vivard (available on the UBCD) to see if the hard disk is the culprit

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  • #3
    paulpd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 159 ✭✭paulpd


    Thanks a lot. Will try that later on.


  • #4
    rubadubduba
    Closed Accounts Posts: 152 ✭✭rubadubduba


    also before you do the scan, check that the hdd cable is connect right and make sure that you have no media in the cd tray or any usb devices or ethernet cables pluged into the pc, then go into your bios and make sure the hdd is the first bootup device and on exit set everything to the default values. boot up the pc to see if everything works out befoure you try ubcd.


  • #5
    Dulchie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭Dulchie


    Can you enter the bios Setup (methods vary by computer, check you screen during boot up for the correct key)

    Check the order of the boot devices, it appears that your system is trying to boot from the network card.
    Try resetting the boot order to
    1 Hard Drive,
    2 CD-Rom,
    3 whatever options remain.


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