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

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

Hey J, could you ask Jamie if he can help me try to rescue my data? I've tried installing the kaput hard drive on C's machine but the BIOS tells me it isn't readable. I need to call in the big guns, I think.