Problem reinstalling Os on new hard drive

Lonnie · 04-10-2008, 04:30 PM

Hello, basically I had a hard disk failure on my laptop and so i bought a new one (same make, model and brand) put it all in correctly and then got a copy of windows xp home edition exactly the same as was installed on my laptop before the crash. I load up the computer go into the bios and set the boot from cd-rom/dvd drive as my preference, it restarts with the windows disc in and then in the load screen i get the following message:

Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 082)
Copyright (C) 1997 -2000 Intel Corporation

For Realtek RTL8139( x)/8130/810x PCI Fast Ethernet Controller v2.13
(020326)

PXE-e61: Media test failure, check cable

PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM

Operating System not found

From here i cant do anything it gives me no options if i press any of the F buttons the screen reloads with the same message, if anyone has any ideas whats up with this i would really appreciate it, im not very computer savvy so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Lonnie

patrickv · 04-10-2008, 04:53 PM

But that pc is still booting from the network from your post !! are you sure you saved the changes when you left the BIOS ?

Lonnie · 04-10-2008, 08:10 PM

Firstly thanks for the reply, i went into the bios and the CD rom/DVD drive was top of the list but the network was second so i moved the network all the way to the bottom saved and restarted and the disc loads up fine, I installed windows the only problem i have now is that when i installed it i went through the setup put my name as the main user and finished, now its asking me for a password which i never chose and i have tried all sorts of variations of my name and just leaving it blank but i cant seem to login, i have tried running in safe mode and the "administrator" user is also password protected, this is very perplexing does anyone have any ideas as to why i would suddenley need a password to enter windows when i dont remember setting one up ????

04-10-2008, 04:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
Lonnie New Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 11	Problem reinstalling Os on new hard drive Hello, basically I had a hard disk failure on my laptop and so i bought a new one (same make, model and brand) put it all in correctly and then got a copy of windows xp home edition exactly the same as was installed on my laptop before the crash. I load up the computer go into the bios and set the boot from cd-rom/dvd drive as my preference, it restarts with the windows disc in and then in the load screen i get the following message: Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 082) Copyright (C) 1997 -2000 Intel Corporation For Realtek RTL8139( x)/8130/810x PCI Fast Ethernet Controller v2.13 (020326) PXE-e61: Media test failure, check cable PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM Operating System not found From here i cant do anything it gives me no options if i press any of the F buttons the screen reloads with the same message, if anyone has any ideas whats up with this i would really appreciate it, im not very computer savvy so any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Lonnie

04-10-2008, 04:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
patrickv Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Soul Chamber Posts: 5,556	But that pc is still booting from the network from your post !! are you sure you saved the changes when you left the BIOS ? __________________ Laptop: Thinkpad X60: Core2Duo T7200 @ 2Ghz,1GB DDR2,110GB SATA -winXP ProSP2 Work Desktop: Core Duo E2180 @ 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,240GB HD - XP PRO SP2

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04-10-2008, 08:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
Lonnie New Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 11	Firstly thanks for the reply, i went into the bios and the CD rom/DVD drive was top of the list but the network was second so i moved the network all the way to the bottom saved and restarted and the disc loads up fine, I installed windows the only problem i have now is that when i installed it i went through the setup put my name as the main user and finished, now its asking me for a password which i never chose and i have tried all sorts of variations of my name and just leaving it blank but i cant seem to login, i have tried running in safe mode and the "administrator" user is also password protected, this is very perplexing does anyone have any ideas as to why i would suddenley need a password to enter windows when i dont remember setting one up ????