Acer Laptop not booting

Micro

Hi I have an Acer Laptop which is not booting. I dowinloaded Google 3D and since I have not been able to boot. I get past the Acer logo adn then to a blck screen where is starts to boot. Then an erro msg comes up which says "PXE-E61 : Media test failure, check cable. It then goes on to say PXE-M0F Exiting Broadcom PXE ROM Operating system not found.I have tried to press f2 which takes me into set up when booting. I have tried to load a recovery disk but all with the same ultimate result. Any suggesteions would be warmly welcomed

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Sounds like a hard disk failure or boot order problem, go into the bios and check the primary hard disk is visible.

Micro

closed wrote: »

Sounds like a hard disk failure or boot order problem, go into the bios and check the primary hard disk is visible.

Thanks - how do I do that pls
Sorry, think Ive done that and gone into the BIOS
There is a blank next to the HDD Name, serial and model number.
Does that mean its terminal ?
Actually there is a blank next to the ATAPI model and name to what ever the ATAPI is !

closed

Doesn't sound good, unless you can change the primary hard disk setting to pick it up, if that doesn't work, reset bios to defaults. New hard disks are £35 upwards, but you will need a windows disk or image backup to install windows

Micro

closed wrote: »

Doesn't sound good, unless you can change the primary hard disk setting to pick it up, if that doesn't work, reset bios to defaults. New hard disks are £35 upwards, but you will need a windows disk or image backup to install windows

Hummm, thought not. How do I try and change the primary HDD. Ive tried to reset the to the default. I presume getting a new HDD means losing all that I had on there ? Its 5 yrs old time to give in ?

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If the disk has given up the ghost, all your data will be gone, unless want to pay £100s to a data recovery company, that's always the danger without backups. A replacement hard disk is far cheaper than a new laptop

Don't know which bios screen you have in front of you, but it should be self explanatory using the on screen legends, but from what you have said sofar, doesn't sound good.

Micro

OK. Thanks for your help. Ive tried moving the booting menu but still noting. I'll have a think about a new hard drive. Thanks again

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Is it making any unusual noises? You could take the disk out and reseat it, or try it in a usb caddy if you know anyone who has one.