Laptop wont Boot Windows 7

royaltiger · 27-06-2011, 21:38

All of a sudden my laptop wont boot up with windows 7, a few weeks ago i changed drives and installed an SSD, had no problems till about 2 weeks ago when again it hung on booting with a message Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (Build 082) Via Rhine II fast ethernet adaptor v2.43, PXE-MOF exiting intel PXE ROM, PXE-E61 Media Test Failure check cable. I googled and problem was to do with order of bios and network legacy card enabled in boot, so removed and windows booted up, Switched on laptop today and earlier error message has appeared again for no reason, checked bios and dvd and ssd are only drives in boot order, I tried a system repair but it could not find the drive to repair, If I do a clean install it will obviously work again but I have a few files I need to keep but did not get around to backing up, so my question really, is there a way of getting drive to boot or recovering disk to save files, the problem is drive is not being detected.

djmagnifique · 27-06-2011, 21:53

You could try doing a startup repair, this video tells you how to do it http://www.top-windows-tutorials.com...windows-7.html

Dai · 27-06-2011, 21:56

Do you have another system available to test it as a secondary drive? That's what I'd try next.

royaltiger · 27-06-2011, 22:46

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Originally Posted by DaiNasty

Do you have another system available to test it as a secondary drive? That's what I'd try next.

I think this might be my first option, I can remove drive and place into pc as a secondary and try to recover files then maybe reinstall a clean copy.

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I am now also getting a strange fault where laptop is literally switching off after bios, its also switched off half way through installation disk setting up.

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Think i've cured the switching off, seems the heatsink paste was just about worn out so clean up and a fresh squirt of of artic siver seems to have done the job so one less problem out of the way.

Dai · 27-06-2011, 23:02

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Originally Posted by royaltiger

I think this might be my first option, I can remove drive and place into pc as a secondary and try to recover files then maybe reinstall a clean copy.

I'd definitely try that first, as it gives you the option to recover files before you try anything that changes the disk setup. I've been bitten by that a couple of times before, and once with a client's pc which was *most* embarrassing..

royaltiger · 02-07-2011, 20:31

Well could not recover anything so did a new install worked fine for a few boots then came the fault again Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (Build 082) Via Rhine II fast ethernet adaptor v2.43, PXE-MOF exiting intel PXE ROM, PXE-E61 Media Test Failure check cable. Not sure whats going on here, if I change from ssd " ocz vertex 3 120" to original hd, laptop boots no problem with no error, swap over again and boot error appears.Laptop is a novatech M67SRU, seems to use a clevo motherboard using bios 1.0.9, not many options in the bios to change.

qasdfdsaq · 02-07-2011, 23:21

The SSD is broken. The PXE ROM boots means the BIOS cannot read from the SSD and therefore falls back to trying to boot from any other option available, such as the network card. It has nothing to do with the boot order or BIOS, you need to replace the SSD.

Either that or the boot sector is getting repeatedly broken, possibly by an MBR rootkit but that's less likely than just the SSD just being broken.