hard drive formatted, can't install windows!

theanarch · Post by **theanarch** » July 5th, 2005, 8:24 pm

Hi everyone: I received my computer back from the repair shop today. They replaced the hard drive. I need to install windows. I tried to boot from my windows xp installation cd. When I do this, it doesn't work, and I get the following responses, alternating each time I do it: 1) Couldn't find NTLDR then it goes to C: there is nothing for me to do because there are no files on this computer. 2) it says: Intel UNDI, PXE-2.1 (build 882) Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation Fore Realtek RTL8139(X)/8130/810X PCI Fast Ethernet Controller v2.13 (021015) then it goes to the blue windows startup screen for a second and then flashes back to the dos interface and says: PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable PXR-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM then it goes to C: i can't figure out how to get this to work. i have the windows disks and a working computer, but not sure what to do next. i found a post on microsoft's help page on NTLDR, but those instructions didn't work for me, since i have no files on my computer. when i type "dir" i get: COMMAND COM 93,890 04-23-99 1:22pm 1 file(s) 93,890 bytes 0 dir(s) 57,119.64 MB free this computer was purchased in September 2003. can anyone help?

richh0323 · Post by **richh0323** » July 5th, 2005, 9:42 pm

You need to set you're BIOS to boot from you're CD/DVD drive. This can be done by pressing delete when starting up, some computers may have you press a "F*" key look at the POST screen as you boot up. Once you change the boot to the CD/DVD drive, you will be able to start the setup, when on you will have to change it back. Make sure if you have RAID or SATA drives you have the drivers on a 3.5" floppy, the follow the instruction on the screen.