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Dr. Oizo · 09-15-2008, 08:47 AM

Hi,

My laptop is about 5 years old and its been a reliable tool for a long time now even though i've dropped it a few times. Now however, or actually at the end of last year, It stopped functioning. I bought a new one, not knowing there were clever people out there who could help me. I believe it was my disability to handle the device with care. that made it stop working.

Now, i would really like to be certain that it does not work (so that if it does i can put it to work once more) and if, truely, it is destroyed i would really like some help recovering the lost data. Gods of tech, hear my pleads, please help a no good mishandeller of desktops to salvation.

This is the scenario:
When i power up my computer this is what pops up on the DOS-screen (or the equivalent: my operating system is XP):
"
Not bootable CD-ROM
Not bootable CD-ROM
Not bootable CD-ROM

Intel UNDI. PXE-2.0 (build 082)
Copyright (c) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation

For Realtek RTL8139(x)/8130/810X PCI Fast Ethernet Controller v2.13 (020326)
PXE-E61: Media test failure. check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM.
Floppy disk fault -- Insert valid boot disk and press any key
"

09-15-2008, 08:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
Dr. Oizo Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 30 OS: Vista	[SOLVED] My laptop chrashed how do i recover whats on it? Hi, My laptop is about 5 years old and its been a reliable tool for a long time now even though i've dropped it a few times. Now however, or actually at the end of last year, It stopped functioning. I bought a new one, not knowing there were clever people out there who could help me. I believe it was my disability to handle the device with care. that made it stop working. Now, i would really like to be certain that it does not work (so that if it does i can put it to work once more) and if, truely, it is destroyed i would really like some help recovering the lost data. Gods of tech, hear my pleads, please help a no good mishandeller of desktops to salvation. This is the scenario: When i power up my computer this is what pops up on the DOS-screen (or the equivalent: my operating system is XP): " Not bootable CD-ROM Not bootable CD-ROM Not bootable CD-ROM Intel UNDI. PXE-2.0 (build 082) Copyright (c) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation For Realtek RTL8139(x)/8130/810X PCI Fast Ethernet Controller v2.13 (020326) PXE-E61: Media test failure. check cable PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM. Floppy disk fault -- Insert valid boot disk and press any key "