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laptop start problem??

  • 29-11-2013 10:11pm
    #1
    twincamman
    Registered Users Posts: 417 ✭✭


    Hi all I have a toshiba laptop and it wont boot..it says media test failure check cable and exiting pxe rom

    Today I put a magnet on laptop which must have effected something inside laptop.

    Is this fixable??


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  • #2
    FSL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,456 ✭✭✭FSL


    Can you get into the BIOS and check the boot order you should be booting from the hard drive as the first option not pxe.


  • #3
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,253 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    FSL wrote: »
    Can you get into the BIOS and check the boot order you should be booting from the hard drive as the first option not pxe.

    True, but if he's goosed the disk with a magnet and its unbootable, it would try PXE afterwards.


  • #4
    Drexel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,500 ✭✭✭Drexel


    Doesnt sound good. Why on earth would you put a magnet on the laptop???


  • #5
    twincamman
    Registered Users Posts: 417 ✭✭twincamman


    jonny666 wrote: »
    Doesnt sound good. Why on earth would you put a magnet on the laptop???

    I was setting up a gps tracker that had magnet


  • #6
    johneire31
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 164 ✭✭johneire31


    To answer you question, yes it is fixable.

    It will either mean a windows reinstall and lost data on your behalf

    an mbr repair and recovery of windows

    or a new hard drive and a reinstall of windows


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  • #7
    williamdonohoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5 ✭williamdonohoe


    Windows re installation is required


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