As far as I know this is common error on toshiba laptops when OS is not installed or corrupted. Try removing hard drive (look at guide or on youtube) and reconnecting, if error still ocurrs, then reininstall os if you have windows cd (need to download drivers as well from Toshiba's site.)
A new hard drive is fairly inexpensive, from eBay (refurb.is fine)
SOURCE: Evo N200
The BIOS, which handles the initial start up of your computer, cannot find your hard drive and thus cannot boot your operating system (ie, Windows). Open up your computer and confirm the power cable is firmly connected to the hard drive and that the cable that connects the hard drive to the motherboard is firmly secure. If both of these check out, then try downloading this bootable CD on another computer. This CD, among other things, has a few hard drive utilities that will help further diagnose the problem. http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ Finally, if the utilities on this CD are unable to see the hard drive itself, then is may need to be replaced. Try testing with another hard drive or another cable to connect it to the motherboard.
SOURCE: Error Message: PXE-E61 Media Test Failure Check Cable
Not always the Hard drive, boot into the bios setup utility and de-select network bootfrom the boot options. If it tries to network boot first you will always get that failure.
SOURCE: PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
check your harddrive, is it detected in bios ?
if no, it could be motherboard or hdd, but most of the time is hdd problem, so just replace it.
if yes, your operating system is corrupt, so you can reload your operating system.
SOURCE: my mini dell inspiration laptop sends me an error
This error comes up if the computer is not able to detect the hard drive. Power off the computer. Power it back on and tap the number 2 key 4 - 5 times at the Dell logo screen. This will take you to the system setp screen. Check if you see any thing listed next to solid state drive. If you dont see any thing try reseating the hard drive. Here are the steps to reseat the hard drive..
If you see an entry next to the solid state drive. You'll need to reinstall windows on the computer. If you have been shipped XP you will need an external CD drive to reinstall windows. If the system was sen with ubantu try to download it to a usb drive and boot off it.
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SOURCE: Pxe-e61: Media test Failure check
in order to load the Operating
system I request you to disable the SATA Native Mode in BIOS and then
load the Operating system. 1. Please perform the below steps for the same:
a. Restart your computer.
b. When
the F10 setup message appears in the lower left corner of the screen,
press the F10 key.
c. Locate ‘System Configuration’ and then select
‘Device Configurations’.
d. Under ‘Device Configurations’, select
‘SATA Native Mode’ and disable the same.
e. Save the settings and
exit.
Once the SATA
Mode is disabled, please install the Operating System in the normal
fashion using the Recovery CDs or the Operating System CDs that you
have. Before installing the same, you need have the SATA Controller
driver. Please follow the ’Installation Instructions’ in the SATA
controller driver link given below.
2. Download the latest “Intel SATA AHCI
Controller Driver” driver from the below mentioned link:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId
=321957&prodSeriesId=3356620&prodNameId=3356622&swEnvOID=1093&swLang=13&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=ob-54270-1
Upon installing the same, please get
back into the BIOS and enable the SATA Native
Mode.
Note: The third-party information
provided is to help you find the support you need. This information is
subject to change without notice. HP in no way guarantees the accuracy
of this third-party information. The software manufacturer will provide
support for this software.
Please update your observation for us to
serve you better.
I
have also given you the link below for the XP Professional Drivers:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId
=3356622&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=3356620&swLang=13&taskId=135&swEnvOID=1093
The above given information are
pertaining to HP 6710b Notebook PC. If you do not have the same, please
update the serial number for us to given you more information.
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