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Win7:-After partitioning shoiwng error ""PXE-E61: Media test failure"
Hi
My Brother's Laptop was having this same Issue
He has done Partitioning of the C: Drive (Only Drive in System, which was shipped. I strongly suggest DELL to have at least made 2 Partitions, before shipping the LAP)
After doing the partitioning using 'Partition Wizard' and rebooting System shows following Error.
"PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable"
PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM
If you are getting this Error, don't try Reinstallation as 1st Option; Use it as Last Option :)
I have searched in NET and tried all options. Went through the almost every option in following site :- http://www.nocrash.com/ncbbs/msgs/3247.shtml
Tried, Hitting the Hard Disk Area of the Laptop, Changed the BIOS bootup in every Sequence to all possible combination, and tried to repair the Startup boot area using WIN 7 CD
WITHOUT any success.
Then i checked the Repair log (Windows 7 installation DVD and boot from your DVD drive-->Select Default Language etc. and Click Next-->Click on the "Repair your Computer" option -->Repair Startup Boot Area. After Finishing view the log and if you are seeing that some repair happened on the BOOT Area and its Successful, But when booting again, System not coming up then Follow the procedure below
Issue due to: - Windows 7 - Invalid system partition:-
Steps to Resolve
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1) Insert the Windows 7 installation DVD and boot from your DVD drive. You may have to change the boot order through system BIOS to boot from your DVD.
2) Choose your default "Language," "Time" and "Keyboard Input" on the first window and click "Next."
3) Click on the "Repair Your Computer" option to gain access to the System Recovery window.
Now choose "Command prompt" to run the Bootsect.exe utility. Bootsect is located inside the boot folder so change your directory to boot.
% Diskpart (DO NOT Type %, Its Prompt!!!)
Press enter
Diskpart> lis vol
Press enter
Now Find the volume letter or Volume Number which contains any System Partition (It may be C: or D: or E: OR 1 or 2 or 3 )
Diskpart> sel vol D ( or sel vol 1 , obviously use the correct letter or number)
then press enter
Diskpart> act
next, type just these three letters,
Diskpart> exi
Then press enter - to leave diskpart.
Close command prompt. Take the DVD Out. Restart Lap/PC.
If you are getting the following Error during next restart
"NTLDR is missing crtl+ alt+ delete to restart”
Then follow the below procedure
Go to Command Prompt (Steps 1 -3, above)
Type following in Cmd Prompt.
% bootsect /nt60 ALL
then press enter
(This is Safest one, although you can use bootsect /nt60 C:\,bootsect /nt60 SYS etc.. )
Eject the DVD and restart your computer. Your computer should now boot Windows 7 again.
I have done this Procedure and it was Great Success after 5-6 Hrs of continuous Struggle
I tried it as last option and would have re-installed the OS , if this would have not been a success
Thanks a LOt Guyzzzz..... :)..It worked Like Charm..
Thanks to SIW2 for posting this procedure and the following Websites/links
1) How to Repair the MBR on Windows 7 | eHow.com
2) Invalid system partition
Regards,
-Joice