Hello I'm having some serious trouble

misterjaye · 03-29-2008, 01:34 PM

I just buy a Toshiba protege m200 off of ebay, and it doesn't boot up. can someone please tell me what I need to do in order to get an OS on this computer? I have a 2 gig SD, and I also have a hp dvd1040 via usb cable dvd/cd player with lightscribe. The Computer came with no book disks, and the message on the computer reads the following:"

PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel Boot Agent.
Insert system disk in drive.
Press any key when ready.... "

any help on this topic would be much appreciated. I've been searching for a boot installing guide for days now with no luck. please anyone can tell me how to heal this issue????

Thanks

Jason Andrew Buividas

**simpswr** · 03-29-2008, 02:50 PM

Hello and welcome to the forum

It sounds like the drive has been formated or is not installed. Can you verify that the notebook has a hard drive installed? . . look in BIOS for the drive.

What operating system do you wish to install? . . do you have the installation disc?

misterjaye · 03-29-2008, 05:34 PM

i would like to install windows 2000 or windows XP... all i have is a 2 gig SD card, and the USB cd/dvd... no i didnt get any installation disc nor boot discs. I don't know if there was a previous OS installed. I can access BIOS, but it doesn't say anything about the OS.

**TriggerFinger** · 03-29-2008, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by misterjaye

i would like to install windows 2000 or windows XP... all i have is a 2 gig SD card, and the USB cd/dvd... no i didnt get any installation disc nor boot discs. I don't know if there was a previous OS installed. I can access BIOS, but it doesn't say anything about the OS.

so you mean there is no hard drive installed? if you can access bios, does it say anything there that it supports USB or booting from USB attached devices?

misterjaye · 03-29-2008, 05:47 PM

in boot priority it gives me these options

Boot priority = HDD>FDD>CD-ROM>LAN <- those can be changed to any order )
HDD Priority = Built-in HDD >PC Card <- those can be reversed)
Network Boot Protocol = PXE < - can be changed to RPL )

**TriggerFinger** · 03-29-2008, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by misterjaye

in boot priority it gives me these options

Boot priority = HDD>FDD>CD-ROM>LAN <- those can be changed to any order )
HDD Priority = Built-in HDD >PC Card <- those can be reversed)
Network Boot Protocol = PXE < - can be changed to RPL )

ok... hmmm could you check your BIOS settings again (not the boot priority section) if there is any parameter where you can enable USB support? sometimes in laptops this comes as disabled and you must change it so the system can boot from an external USB CD drive. also consider updating your BIOS.

regarding the 2GB SD card... i really doubt if you can use that as a boot source.

going back to the hard drive, have you checked if physically there is one installed?

misterjaye · 03-29-2008, 06:12 PM

---------------Legacy Emulation---------------
USB KB/Mouse Legacy Emulation
= Enabled
USB-FDD Legacy Emulation = Enabled
________________________________________

and thats all i see with usb... any ideas?

**simpswr** · 03-29-2008, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TriggerFinger

. . have you checked if physically there is one installed?

misterjaye · 03-30-2008, 05:58 AM

no, there is no physical CD-ROM, and yes it does has a hard drive, 1.5 mhz 60 gigs of space and 512RAM. However i do have a USB cd-rom/dvd but i dont think thats going to help.

**simpswr** · 03-30-2008, 06:57 AM

Take a look in the BIOS for a setting that allows booting from USB . . set that to first boot device, put in the Installation CD and see if you can install XP . . You will have to delete any existing partitions, then create the one(s) you want, format and install. Hollar if you need a more detailed guide

misterjaye · 04-01-2008, 04:03 PM

I cannot boot from the cd usb, for some reason, is there some sort of bios i can put on a 2gig SD card? to boot this piece. ^_^ I've seen some long tutorial's on ways to heal my problem, however they never gave the bio's i needed for the recovery SD card. any help would be MUCH appreciated ^_^_Y

**simpswr** · 04-01-2008, 04:20 PM

Strange that a laptop that comes with only an external cd will not boot from it . . Did you look thru all the BIOS options?

03-29-2008, 01:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
misterjaye Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 6 OS: windows XP	Hello I'm having some serious trouble I just buy a Toshiba protege m200 off of ebay, and it doesn't boot up. can someone please tell me what I need to do in order to get an OS on this computer? I have a 2 gig SD, and I also have a hp dvd1040 via usb cable dvd/cd player with lightscribe. The Computer came with no book disks, and the message on the computer reads the following:" PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel Boot Agent. Insert system disk in drive. Press any key when ready.... " any help on this topic would be much appreciated. I've been searching for a boot installing guide for days now with no luck. please anyone can tell me how to heal this issue???? Thanks Jason Andrew Buividas

03-29-2008, 02:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 12,328 OS: XP, Vista, Win 7	Re: Hello I'm having some serious trouble Hello and welcome to the forum It sounds like the drive has been formated or is not installed. Can you verify that the notebook has a hard drive installed? . . look in BIOS for the drive. What operating system do you wish to install? . . do you have the installation disc? __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help How to post a Screen Shot \| PC running slow?

03-29-2008, 05:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
misterjaye Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 6 OS: windows XP	Re: Hello I'm having some serious trouble i would like to install windows 2000 or windows XP... all i have is a 2 gig SD card, and the USB cd/dvd... no i didnt get any installation disc nor boot discs. I don't know if there was a previous OS installed. I can access BIOS, but it doesn't say anything about the OS.

03-29-2008, 05:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
misterjaye Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 6 OS: windows XP	Re: Hello I'm having some serious trouble in boot priority it gives me these options Boot priority = HDD>FDD>CD-ROM>LAN <- those can be changed to any order ) HDD Priority = Built-in HDD >PC Card <- those can be reversed) Network Boot Protocol = PXE < - can be changed to RPL )

03-29-2008, 06:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
misterjaye Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 6 OS: windows XP	Re: Hello I'm having some serious trouble ---------------Legacy Emulation--------------- USB KB/Mouse Legacy Emulation = Enabled USB-FDD Legacy Emulation = Enabled ________________________________________ and thats all i see with usb... any ideas?

03-30-2008, 05:58 AM	#9 (permalink)
misterjaye Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 6 OS: windows XP	Re: Hello I'm having some serious trouble no, there is no physical CD-ROM, and yes it does has a hard drive, 1.5 mhz 60 gigs of space and 512RAM. However i do have a USB cd-rom/dvd but i dont think thats going to help.

03-30-2008, 06:57 AM	#10 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 12,328 OS: XP, Vista, Win 7	Re: Hello I'm having some serious trouble Take a look in the BIOS for a setting that allows booting from USB . . set that to first boot device, put in the Installation CD and see if you can install XP . . You will have to delete any existing partitions, then create the one(s) you want, format and install. Hollar if you need a more detailed guide __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help How to post a Screen Shot \| PC running slow?

04-01-2008, 04:03 PM	#11 (permalink)
misterjaye Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 6 OS: windows XP	Re: Hello I'm having some serious trouble I cannot boot from the cd usb, for some reason, is there some sort of bios i can put on a 2gig SD card? to boot this piece. ^_^ I've seen some long tutorial's on ways to heal my problem, however they never gave the bio's i needed for the recovery SD card. any help would be MUCH appreciated ^_^_Y

04-01-2008, 04:20 PM	#12 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 12,328 OS: XP, Vista, Win 7	Re: Hello I'm having some serious trouble Strange that a laptop that comes with only an external cd will not boot from it . . Did you look thru all the BIOS options? __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help How to post a Screen Shot \| PC running slow?