My mom started having problems with her computer, its an emachines t303 desktop, it was purchased last year,about 2 weeks ago, sometimes when she turns her computer on, it will go to this message ( will post message) or if she hasnt used her computer and it goes to standby, it will bring this up and u have to restart the computer, i tried to restore it to an earlier point where it WASNT doing it, did a virus scan and such, but nothing has helped it, i cant currently find the system disk and i dont know where i can find a copy. i just need SOME sorta help thanks.
this is the message:
2006-12-20 14:42:38 · 7 answers · asked by scion_xb_girly 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
boot from cd:
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intel undi, pxe- 2.1 (build 082)
copyright (c) 1997- 2000 intel corporation
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for realtek rtl8139(x)/8130/810x PCI fast ethernet controller v2.16 (041224)
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client mac addr: 00 40 CA A9 82 68 GUID : FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF
PXE-E53: no boot filename received
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PXE-MOF : EXISTING PXE ROM.
DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER
2006-12-20 14:43:09 · update #1
sorry, its t3306
2006-12-20 14:43:34 · update #2
Are you trying to boot from a cd, or is there a cd in the cd-rom drive?
If not - then you may have one of the following problems...
1. Some files necessary for your machine to boot into Windows have gotten corrupted, and you may need to reinstall Windows
2. Your hard drive has failed (or is failing) and you need to put in a new one, then reinstall Windows.
Have you tried ringing the company you bought the PC from for some support from them - especially with regards to a recovery disk of some sort...
T.
2006-12-20 15:05:49 · answer #1 · answered by tdierikx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the looks of your message, it seems that the system is looking for a boot device. When the system POST's, or if you go into BIOS (CMOS) does it show a detected Hard Drive? If you can boot to a command prompt with a system disk then you can run some disk utilities like CHKDSK on the Hard Drive and then see if it comes back with anything. It isn't uncommon for Hard Drives to go bad unexpectantly - especially eMachines. Not that they are bad, but sometimes I think they use "cheap" materials. Hope this helps...
2006-12-20 15:00:24 · answer #2 · answered by Country 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try rebooting the pc and press the F8 key while it is booting. Select 'safe' mode and see if it boots then.
Then do the restore to an earlier point.
If you have Norton anti-virus cd, you can also boot from that.
2006-12-20 14:52:13 · answer #3 · answered by vgordon_90 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's prolly a virus in her computer or something to that affect. You may need to do a system restore. Your computer should have a built in system restore. Try rebooting your computer and hold down CTRL and keep pressing F8.
2006-12-20 14:47:37 · answer #4 · answered by Jeremy Medlock 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your computer is not working properly while you are working on it, it could be a problem with device drivers, hardware or software.
Detailed instructions at http://tinyurl.com/yk5zpr
2006-12-21 22:14:50 · answer #5 · answered by gira 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
looks like the computer is missing some of the OS files. let me know if u need more help
2006-12-20 14:48:23 · answer #6 · answered by Sagar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a new copy of ur system disk with emule or ares
2006-12-20 14:48:09 · answer #7 · answered by CooL 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋