--- In [email protected], "mike051983" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have recently ran into a problem that while refurnishing a used > laptop. Now the OS I have installed was windows 2000 on 4 floppy disk > which installed fine now I was in the process of formatting a drive > which finish and was rebooting to contuine with the next step. The > BIOS loaded now it stated something that I believe is causing the > problem but I'm not sure and that is PXE-E61 Media test failed check > cable from there it just goes to a blank screen yet all the lights and > fans keep running. I tried to manuelly rebooted it again and it comes > to the screen after the BIOS screen of where the agreement of the > Windows 2000 screen and again ask me to format a partition however the > orignal one that I formatted is there however it states that the C: > drive where it should be is unknown and that another OS is located on > it however it won't install it again only delete the partition and > then the process starts all over again where the format is complete > and the screen goes blank. Now would this be caused by the media test > failing or is the hard drive failing the reason I ask this is at one > time in the installing of the OS the setup did say that the drive may > have failed? Anyone insight on this problem would be very helpful > thank you.
Just an updated on the OS problem I ran the the Pc-Check on the laptop and the SMART failed on the hard drive so it was what I initially thought. Now is there a way to fix this and not just a tempoary fix either I don't know if people remember but this is for the program for laptops for sick kids so there is plenty of other laptops that I can just take the hard drive out of it to use on this if needed. So back to the orignal question "Is the hard drive junk and just take out another one or is this repairable?" Thanks for the insight. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Home is just a click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/DHchtC/3FxNAA/yQLSAA/67folB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
