PC heads, need help, PXE-61 error?

[iheartboost]

Please, chill with the PC vs. Mac jokes, if I could afford a Mac I would have bought one. 
I got a Acer Notebook 5 months ago, running Window 7, it ran like a champ up until a few hours ago. I was on the web, browsing xda-forums and engadget when my PC froze. It was like that for about 3 mins, so I tried key pressing, nothing. I tried cntrl alt del, nothing. So I had no choice but to hit hit the power button. After a few mins I power it back on, and the PC was making a low beeping noise. The Acer logo appear than disappear, thats when Window 7 boots up. Well Window 7 didnt boot up, something else pop up

'PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable , PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM'

Doing some research its trying to boot Window but it cant because of a boot failure, so it was trying to boot Windown from a network or CD/DVD drive but I dont have the boot disk because it didnt come with it. I also read it could be HDD failure or a loose wire. Ive tried changing the boot sequence in the bio setup, but its still not working. I have read about booting Win 7 via a recovery using a USB stick or burning a .ISO to a CD/DVD disk. 

I'm just really confused, if anybody can help it would be appreciated. I do have a 1 year warranty on this from Acer, but they cant do anything till Monday, trying to figure out some info now. 

It did that twice in a dos like format, than it said it cant boot, need disk? Im lost. What has happen? I just got this notebook 5 months ago. It has been running perfectly fine up until this issue. No virus either. 

 

[iheartboost]

Please, chill with the PC vs. Mac jokes, if I could afford a Mac I would have bought one. 
I got a Acer Notebook 5 months ago, running Window 7, it ran like a champ up until a few hours ago. I was on the web, browsing xda-forums and engadget when my PC froze. It was like that for about 3 mins, so I tried key pressing, nothing. I tried cntrl alt del, nothing. So I had no choice but to hit hit the power button. After a few mins I power it back on, and the PC was making a low beeping noise. The Acer logo appear than disappear, thats when Window 7 boots up. Well Window 7 didnt boot up, something else pop up

'PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable , PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM'

Doing some research its trying to boot Window but it cant because of a boot failure, so it was trying to boot Windown from a network or CD/DVD drive but I dont have the boot disk because it didnt come with it. I also read it could be HDD failure or a loose wire. Ive tried changing the boot sequence in the bio setup, but its still not working. I have read about booting Win 7 via a recovery using a USB stick or burning a .ISO to a CD/DVD disk. 

I'm just really confused, if anybody can help it would be appreciated. I do have a 1 year warranty on this from Acer, but they cant do anything till Monday, trying to figure out some info now. 

It did that twice in a dos like format, than it said it cant boot, need disk? Im lost. What has happen? I just got this notebook 5 months ago. It has been running perfectly fine up until this issue. No virus either. 

 

[drsfinest72]

 to make a bootable usb windows 7 recovery console

http://tuts4tech.net/2010...dows-7-recovery-console/

i believe after u run the recovery you can try n load an earlier working state. or if u can open command prompt through recovery & partition & format C: then u can get a windows cd & go to the bios & make it boot through the cd drive so u can install a fresh windows on it....correct me if im wrong though...

 

[drsfinest72]

 to make a bootable usb windows 7 recovery console

http://tuts4tech.net/2010...dows-7-recovery-console/

i believe after u run the recovery you can try n load an earlier working state. or if u can open command prompt through recovery & partition & format C: then u can get a windows cd & go to the bios & make it boot through the cd drive so u can install a fresh windows on it....correct me if im wrong though...

 

[hybridsoldier23]

If it's trying to boot to PXE then it's not hitting the hard drive. Go to your BIOS and turn off all boot options but the hard drive. Reboot and post the error. If it can't find a boot device then then drive is most likely toast.

Are you running SSD or a SATA drive?

 

[hybridsoldier23]

If it's trying to boot to PXE then it's not hitting the hard drive. Go to your BIOS and turn off all boot options but the hard drive. Reboot and post the error. If it can't find a boot device then then drive is most likely toast.

Are you running SSD or a SATA drive?

 

[iheartboost]

drsfinest72 wrote:

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 to make a bootable usb windows 7 recovery console

http://tuts4tech.net/2010...dows-7-recovery-console/

i believe after u run the recovery you can try n load an earlier working state. or if u can open command prompt through recovery & partition & format C: then u can get a windows cd & go to the bios & make it boot through the cd drive so u can install a fresh windows on it....correct me if im wrong though...

What about my HDD? Will I still be able to access it or at least copy data off of it to my desktop? I dont need all of it but I have important work documents and files

Originally Posted by HybridSoldier23

If it's trying to boot to PXE then it's not hitting the hard drive. Go to your BIOS and turn off all boot options but the hard drive. Reboot and post the error. If it can't find a boot device then then drive is most likely toast.

Are you running SSD or a SATA drive?

I did, it's saying it can not boot. The drive is toast? Does that mean I cant even try the Window 7 recovery link above? 

 

[iheartboost]

drsfinest72 wrote:

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 to make a bootable usb windows 7 recovery console

http://tuts4tech.net/2010...dows-7-recovery-console/

i believe after u run the recovery you can try n load an earlier working state. or if u can open command prompt through recovery & partition & format C: then u can get a windows cd & go to the bios & make it boot through the cd drive so u can install a fresh windows on it....correct me if im wrong though...

What about my HDD? Will I still be able to access it or at least copy data off of it to my desktop? I dont need all of it but I have important work documents and files

Originally Posted by HybridSoldier23

If it's trying to boot to PXE then it's not hitting the hard drive. Go to your BIOS and turn off all boot options but the hard drive. Reboot and post the error. If it can't find a boot device then then drive is most likely toast.

Are you running SSD or a SATA drive?

I did, it's saying it can not boot. The drive is toast? Does that mean I cant even try the Window 7 recovery link above? 

 

[cwrite78]

Originally Posted by HybridSoldier23

If it's trying to boot to PXE then it's not hitting the hard drive. Go to your BIOS and turn off all boot options but the hard drive. Reboot and post the error. If it can't find a boot device then then drive is most likely toast.

Are you running SSD or a SATA drive?

SSD connects through SATA also, if im not mistaken.

 

[cwrite78]

Originally Posted by HybridSoldier23

If it's trying to boot to PXE then it's not hitting the hard drive. Go to your BIOS and turn off all boot options but the hard drive. Reboot and post the error. If it can't find a boot device then then drive is most likely toast.

Are you running SSD or a SATA drive?

SSD connects through SATA also, if im not mistaken.

 

[drsfinest72]

Originally Posted by IHeartBoost

drsfinest72 wrote:

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 to make a bootable usb windows 7 recovery console

http://tuts4tech.net/2010...dows-7-recovery-console/

i believe after u run the recovery you can try n load an earlier working state. or if u can open command prompt through recovery & partition & format C: then u can get a windows cd & go to the bios & make it boot through the cd drive so u can install a fresh windows on it....correct me if im wrong though...

What about my HDD? Will I still be able to access it or at least copy data off of it to my desktop? I dont need all of it but I have important work documents and files

Originally Posted by HybridSoldier23

If it's trying to boot to PXE then it's not hitting the hard drive. Go to your BIOS and turn off all boot options but the hard drive. Reboot and post the error. If it can't find a boot device then then drive is most likely toast.

Are you running SSD or a SATA drive?

I did, it's saying it can not boot. The drive is toast? Does that mean I cant even try the Window 7 recovery link above? 


well you can take off your removable HD & use another hdd & transfer waht you need before you erase everything..but at this point its best that you start off fresh so the computer would be as new.

 

[drsfinest72]

Originally Posted by IHeartBoost

drsfinest72 wrote:

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 to make a bootable usb windows 7 recovery console

http://tuts4tech.net/2010...dows-7-recovery-console/

i believe after u run the recovery you can try n load an earlier working state. or if u can open command prompt through recovery & partition & format C: then u can get a windows cd & go to the bios & make it boot through the cd drive so u can install a fresh windows on it....correct me if im wrong though...

What about my HDD? Will I still be able to access it or at least copy data off of it to my desktop? I dont need all of it but I have important work documents and files

Originally Posted by HybridSoldier23

If it's trying to boot to PXE then it's not hitting the hard drive. Go to your BIOS and turn off all boot options but the hard drive. Reboot and post the error. If it can't find a boot device then then drive is most likely toast.

Are you running SSD or a SATA drive?

I did, it's saying it can not boot. The drive is toast? Does that mean I cant even try the Window 7 recovery link above? 


well you can take off your removable HD & use another hdd & transfer waht you need before you erase everything..but at this point its best that you start off fresh so the computer would be as new.

 

[iheartboost]

Originally Posted by drsfinest72

Originally Posted by IHeartBoost

drsfinest72 wrote:

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 to make a bootable usb windows 7 recovery console

http://tuts4tech.net/2010...dows-7-recovery-console/

i believe after u run the recovery you can try n load an earlier working state. or if u can open command prompt through recovery & partition & format C: then u can get a windows cd & go to the bios & make it boot through the cd drive so u can install a fresh windows on it....correct me if im wrong though...

What about my HDD? Will I still be able to access it or at least copy data off of it to my desktop? I dont need all of it but I have important work documents and files

Originally Posted by HybridSoldier23

If it's trying to boot to PXE then it's not hitting the hard drive. Go to your BIOS and turn off all boot options but the hard drive. Reboot and post the error. If it can't find a boot device then then drive is most likely toast.

Are you running SSD or a SATA drive?

I did, it's saying it can not boot. The drive is toast? Does that mean I cant even try the Window 7 recovery link above? 

well you can take off your removable HD & use another hdd & transfer waht you need before you erase everything..but at this point its best that you start off fresh so the computer would be as new.

The HDD is my notebook is removable? If I take that out and transfer that data to my desktop HDD will that void my wararnty? 

CWrite78 wrote:

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HybridSoldier23 wrote:

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If it's trying to boot to PXE then it's not hitting the hard drive. Go to your BIOS and turn off all boot options but the hard drive. Reboot and post the error. If it can't find a boot device then then drive is most likely toast. 

Are you running SSD or a SATA drive? 

 SSD connects through SATA also, if im not mistaken.
Yes, i't SATA. 

 

[iheartboost]

Originally Posted by drsfinest72

Originally Posted by IHeartBoost

drsfinest72 wrote:

---

 to make a bootable usb windows 7 recovery console

http://tuts4tech.net/2010...dows-7-recovery-console/

i believe after u run the recovery you can try n load an earlier working state. or if u can open command prompt through recovery & partition & format C: then u can get a windows cd & go to the bios & make it boot through the cd drive so u can install a fresh windows on it....correct me if im wrong though...

What about my HDD? Will I still be able to access it or at least copy data off of it to my desktop? I dont need all of it but I have important work documents and files

Originally Posted by HybridSoldier23

If it's trying to boot to PXE then it's not hitting the hard drive. Go to your BIOS and turn off all boot options but the hard drive. Reboot and post the error. If it can't find a boot device then then drive is most likely toast.

Are you running SSD or a SATA drive?

I did, it's saying it can not boot. The drive is toast? Does that mean I cant even try the Window 7 recovery link above? 

well you can take off your removable HD & use another hdd & transfer waht you need before you erase everything..but at this point its best that you start off fresh so the computer would be as new.

The HDD is my notebook is removable? If I take that out and transfer that data to my desktop HDD will that void my wararnty? 

CWrite78 wrote:

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HybridSoldier23 wrote:

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If it's trying to boot to PXE then it's not hitting the hard drive. Go to your BIOS and turn off all boot options but the hard drive. Reboot and post the error. If it can't find a boot device then then drive is most likely toast. 

Are you running SSD or a SATA drive? 

 SSD connects through SATA also, if im not mistaken.
Yes, i't SATA. 

 

[hybridsoldier23]

Boost what exact error is it giving you when the hard drive is turned on and nothing else in the BIOS.

If it says something like no boot device located then the drive is toast.

If the error is "unmountable boot drive" then your data may still be intact and windows is at fault.

 

[hybridsoldier23]

Boost what exact error is it giving you when the hard drive is turned on and nothing else in the BIOS.

If it says something like no boot device located then the drive is toast.

If the error is "unmountable boot drive" then your data may still be intact and windows is at fault.

 

[iheartboost]

It says no boot device is located. So there is no way to pull the data off the drive?

 

[iheartboost]

It says no boot device is located. So there is no way to pull the data off the drive?

 

[flyest in the hood]

glad i got a Mac

 

[flyest in the hood]

glad i got a Mac

 

[iheartboost]

Bump

 

[iheartboost]

Bump

 

[cwrite78]

trying buying an enclosure/dock for your HDD, pull it out of your notebook and plug it into your desktop.

if your HDD is dead, then no, you won't be able to pull the data out of it. if it's still working.. i don't see a reason why it's not booting up in your notebook.

can you hear the drive spinning up when you turn it on? or at least trying to spin?

 

[cwrite78]

trying buying an enclosure/dock for your HDD, pull it out of your notebook and plug it into your desktop.

if your HDD is dead, then no, you won't be able to pull the data out of it. if it's still working.. i don't see a reason why it's not booting up in your notebook.

can you hear the drive spinning up when you turn it on? or at least trying to spin?

 

[iheartboost]

I hear spinning, but I'm sure it's coming from the fan though. It's not over heating, nor has it done anything prior to this to let me know it's going out.
Here is a screenie,