Mooney Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 So I was trying to set up my old computer, since I'm gonna put it into an arcade cabinet I'm getting for free, but I got an error when I tried to turn it on. It went a little something like this... Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 082) Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation For Realtek RTL8139(X)/8130/810X PCI Fast Ethernat Controller v2.13 (020326) PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM. Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 082) Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation For Realtek RTL8139(X)/8130/810X PCI Fast Ethernat Controller v2.13 (020326) PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM. DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER I tried using the Windows installation disk to enter recovery mode, but nothing I did in there seemed to help.
Alpha Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 Did you open it up to make sure all the connections are secure? Perhaps clean it with a dust can if its been sitting for a long time?
Mooney Posted June 20, 2008 Author Posted June 20, 2008 Did you open it up to make sure all the connections are secure? Perhaps clean it with a dust can if its been sitting for a long time?Did both of those. Everything seemed to be plugged in fine, as far as I could tell.
Mooney Posted June 20, 2008 Author Posted June 20, 2008 looks like its not detecting the Hard Drive. Go into the bios and check to see if it's picking it up.It definitely detects the hard drive. The bios setup utility recognizes it, and I can log into the Windows installation on it when I enter recovery mode using the Windows CD.
Alpha Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 looks like its not detecting the Hard Drive. Go into the bios and check to see if it's picking it up.It definitely detects the hard drive. The bios setup utility recognizes it, and I can log into the Windows installation on it when I enter recovery mode using the Windows CD. Maybe disconnect this network card its pestering about and see what happens?
ken_cinder Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 Uh looks to me like it's set up for a network boot from a server. Set the BIOS to defaults and try again.
Mooney Posted June 20, 2008 Author Posted June 20, 2008 looks like its not detecting the Hard Drive. Go into the bios and check to see if it's picking it up.It definitely detects the hard drive. The bios setup utility recognizes it, and I can log into the Windows installation on it when I enter recovery mode using the Windows CD. Maybe disconnect this network card its pestering about and see what happens?There is no network card to disconnect :/ Uh looks to me like it's set up for a network boot from a server. Set the BIOS to defaults and try again.That's strange... guess I'll give it a try, tho.
Mooney Posted June 20, 2008 Author Posted June 20, 2008 what about your boot sequence ?That goes 1. CD-ROM, 2. Hard drive, 3. Floppy, so I don't think anything is wrong with that.
Robert Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 The PXE messages mean that it is trying to boot off the network.(we use a PXE server at work) Some bioses will try that after all the other boot options have failed. Since your disk can be seen (but not booted from), your boot sector might be corrupt.
Mooney Posted June 20, 2008 Author Posted June 20, 2008 The PXE messages mean that it is trying to boot off the network.(we use a PXE server at work) Some bioses will try that after all the other boot options have failed. Since your disk can be seen (but not booted from), your boot sector might be corrupt.Well, I just configured it to only boot local devices, loaded the BIOS's default settings, and I've already entered recovery mode and run the "fixboot" command. Now, the only error I get is DISK BOOTFAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER Note: This is the same hard drive that I was having problems with in this thread, although it is back in its original machine, and that problem was never solved.
Mooney Posted June 22, 2008 Author Posted June 22, 2008 tiny bump. After running a bunch of tests, I think something is wrong with the MBR. It seems that running fixmbr in Windows recovery mode did nothing, and GRUB couldn't repair it either. Suggestions?
gavin19 Posted June 22, 2008 Posted June 22, 2008 Make sure the drive is set to first in the list. My old ATA drive won't boot if I have it 2nd, 3rd. It only boots if it's in first place. Also, did you try fixboot? Any time I have had similar problems fixboot has worked when fixmbr didn't.
Mooney Posted June 22, 2008 Author Posted June 22, 2008 Make sure the drive is set to first in the list. My old ATA drive won't boot if I have it 2nd, 3rd. It only boots if it's in first place. Also, did you try fixboot? Any time I have had similar problems fixboot has worked when fixmbr didn't.Yeah, I ran fixboot and fixmbr. fixboot seemed to work, but when I tried fixmbr, nothing seemed to happen. Also, when GRUB tried to fix the MBR, it gave me an error that was something like "Error 25: Disk read error." Also, this drive worked as the second device in the boot order (after CD-ROM) for a few good years, so I don't see why it shouldn't work now, but I'll give it a try.
gavin19 Posted June 23, 2008 Posted June 23, 2008 Also, this drive worked as the second device in the boot order (after CD-ROM) for a few good years, so I don't see why it shouldn't work now, but I'll give it a try. That's what happened to mine. After years of working ok it refused to work unless in 1st place. Even now I sometimes have to use the 'Boot from' menu when the PC starts up, usually F11/F12, and specify the drive or it refuses to boot into Windows.
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