tech help

[quesarah]

This 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.

Comments

[madenglishbloke.livejournal.com]

any idea what the spec of your machine is??
and have any changes been made to it in the last few days? (new software, driver updates, new hardware)

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

No, I don't know the specs off the top of my head. It's a Gateway desktop about 4.5 years old and I've never had a lick of trouble with it. We moved it this weekend, set it up, everything was fine. Then this morning I get this error message.

le sigh

I'll write down the specifications this evening and post 'em tomorrow.