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    operating system not found??

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by cgray22, Aug 12, 2010.

  1. cgray22

    cgray22 Newbie

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    Hello, my brother gave me his old laptop its a Gateway MX6442 Notebook
    i dropped it on the ground and now get this message when i boot my laptop.
    "yukon PXE v3.06 (20041109)

    Pre Boot eXecution Environmen (PXE) v2.1

    PXE-E61: Media test failure,check cable
    PXE-M0F: exiting PXE Rom.
    operating system not found

    thanks if anybody can help me
     
    cgray22, Aug 12, 2010
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    xxERIKxx Notebook Deity

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    Hard drive is damaged.
     
    xxERIKxx, Aug 12, 2010
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    cgray22 Newbie

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    dang ok do u know a website that can tell me what type of harddrive i can et for the laptop
     
    cgray22, Aug 12, 2010
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    Syngensmyth In All Seriousness

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    mogger Notebook Guru

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    mogger, Aug 13, 2010
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