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Max0005
Junior Member
Italy
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 Posted - 19 October 2007 : 12:39:14
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OK, since a few hours ago a ran perfectly a legal copy of Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack2 Italian edition on a Acer Aspire 5600
Now I decided to format and re-install (it was getting a little slow), so I formatted, then put on the BIOS list as first thing the CD, and inserted my windows xp cd. It's giving me this error.
PXE-E61 Mediatest failure
Exiting PXE
can some1 plz help me? |
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19 October 2007 : 14:53:57
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| check in the bios to make sure that your machine is set to boot from the CD, sounds like it is trying to boot from the HDD which you have formatted |
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Max0005
Junior Member
Italy
294 Posts |
Posted - 19 October 2007 : 17:06:27
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| no... i think i got what the problem is... probably the cd reader is broken, so it isn't able to read from cd. I'll keep you updated |
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gpctexas
Junior Member
320 Posts |
Posted - 19 October 2007 : 18:09:43
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PXE-E61 Mediatest failure
Exiting PXE
pxe is a network boot, make sure your network card has pxe turned off in the bios |
ipgate 2.4.4 RC3
http://www.gpctexas.net/ipgate_v244.zip |
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
20595 Posts |
Posted - 19 October 2007 : 18:13:21
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| PXE is NOT a network boot, it is Pre-Boot eXecution Environment, it may include a network boot if that is part of the bios, but PXE itself is not a network boot. |
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Max0005
Junior Member
Italy
294 Posts |
Posted - 20 October 2007 : 08:18:17
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don't know why it gave me that error, at the end it's my cdreader lense that is starting to break  I resolved the problem by using an external usb cd reader though it takes more time. |
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
20595 Posts |
Posted - 20 October 2007 : 08:34:35
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| it gave you the error because it couldn't find a valid media to boot from, HDD/CD or network |
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