Solved "PXE-E51" error after using DBAN for cleaning HDD while booting

[yuioploi]

"PXE-E51" error after using DBAN for cleaning HDD while booting



Any idea what's up with this?

 

[MrWhoopee]

Your system is unable to find a bootable device (harddrive, cd or usb), so it is attempting to boot from the network adapter. It would appear that the "cleaning" has somehow damaged the boot capability of the HD.

 

[Layback Bear]

If you have wiped the one hard drive your system has it can't boot.
Their is nothing there.
You will need to install a operating system.

By Brink:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html

By Gregrocker:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219487-clean-reinstall-factory-oem-windows-7-a.html

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http://www.dban.org/

DBAN is a self-contained boot disk that automatically deletes the contents of any hard disk that it can detect. This method can help prevent identity theft before recycling a computer. It is also a solution commonly used to remove viruses and spyware from Microsoft Windows installations. DBAN prevents all known techniques of hard disk forensic analysis. It does not provide users with a proof of erasure, such as an audit-ready erasure report.

 

[yuioploi]

If you have wiped the one hard drive your system has it can't boot.
Their is nothing there.
You will need to install a operating system.

By Brink:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html

By Gregrocker:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219487-clean-reinstall-factory-oem-windows-7-a.html

I have Windows 7 installed...

 

[Layback Bear]

Did you install Windows 7 after you used Dban?
If so how did you install it and from what media did you do the install?
Can you get into the bios and/or Windows 7?
Have you removed all CD/DVD and Flash Drives?

 

[yuioploi]

Did you install Windows 7 after you used Dban?
If so how did you install it and from what media did you do the install?
Can you get into the bios and/or Windows 7?
Have you removed all CD/DVD and Flash Drives?

1.Yep.
2.USB.
3.Yep.
4.Yes.

 

[Layback Bear]

If you can get into Windows then please tell us how you got the picture in your Post #1.
Some how we are not on the same page.

 

[yuioploi]

If you can get into Windows then please tell us how you got the picture in your Post #1.
Some how we are not on the same page.

That "thing" appears while booting.

 

[Layback Bear]

Please do this tutorial so we can have a look.
By Golden:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/274797-disk-management-post-screen-capture-image.html

 

[yuioploi]

Please do this tutorial so we can have a look.
By Golden:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/274797-disk-management-post-screen-capture-image.html

 

[Layback Bear]

Please follow the tutorial exactly.
No where in that tutorial does it say use photobucket.

 

[yuioploi]

Please follow the tutorial exactly.
No where in that tutorial does it say use photobucket.

I'm sorry.

 

[Layback Bear]

I do not see a active flag.
The top line in your post with the blue blob doesn't look familiar.

 

[yuioploi]

I do not see a active flag.
The top line in your post with the blue blob doesn't look familiar.

Memory allocated by the system.

What active flag?

 

[DavidE]

If I understand this correctly, to get rid of the message shown in Post #1,

In BIOS:
Remove the Network adapter from the list of bootable devices
Or, re-prioritize the list so the adapter is after the HD, Optical Drive, etc.

 

[Layback Bear]

Notice my System Reserve. (Active)

I'm trying to see where the (Active) is located on your system.

Thank you David for coming to help.

 

[gregrocker]

He has UEFI install to a GPT partition which doesn't use Active flag or MBR to boot.

It does look a little strange but no doubt since it's labeled EFI.

I believe David has the correct answer as to how to have it stop prompting for network boot. Remove it from BIOS boot order. I'd set HD as first to boot.

 

[Layback Bear]

Thanks Greg for the help and information.
My concern was removing something when not knowing what the system was booting from.

From my sig. Thanks to all.

Feel free to help me help other members

 

[yuioploi]

If I understand this correctly, to get rid of the message shown in Post #1,

In BIOS:
Remove the Network adapter from the list of bootable devices
Or, re-prioritize the list so the adapter is after the HD, Optical Drive, etc.

I get the same thing...

 

[gregrocker]

Since you have a EFI Boot partition the Boot Priority setting should be set to UEFI First, not Legacy First as it would be only if you have a normal MBR disk install.

We have to assume you have a UEFI install since it has the EFI partition, even though there is no second MSR partition as per normal. But we are seeing more that don't have one so it's possible you also have an install that didn't issue the MSR partition supposedly required on Win7 UEFI installs.

If this doesn't help you can also try changing Boot Mode although that should not affect this, but is meant to provide access to normal media boot without UEFI, and MBR System Disks.