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quesarahThis morning, my computer gave me the following error:
PXE-EX1: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM
Boot failure: System halted
As I understand it, this means my computer tried to boot (likely from the cd, then the floppy, then the hard drive, then the network) without success. Which probably means my hard drive is fried.
1. What are the appropriate tests I can do (in excrutiatingly precise detail, please) to verify if this is the case?
2. If this is the case, what can I do to salvage my data?
Bloody fuckin' A, man.
PXE-EX1: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM
Boot failure: System halted
As I understand it, this means my computer tried to boot (likely from the cd, then the floppy, then the hard drive, then the network) without success. Which probably means my hard drive is fried.
1. What are the appropriate tests I can do (in excrutiatingly precise detail, please) to verify if this is the case?
2. If this is the case, what can I do to salvage my data?
Bloody fuckin' A, man.
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Date: 2006-08-07 07:32 pm (UTC)Check all of your cable connections, firstly.
Try to reboot again. If that doesn't work, then take out the HD, get a 10lb sledgehammer, and beat the shit out of it.
::ducks and runs::
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Date: 2006-08-07 07:40 pm (UTC)Dooooooode.