Hard drive not working..unable to boot up. Get this error message : 2100: Detection error on HDD0 (Main HDD) Press Esc to continue

cmos RTC coln cell is dead
PXE is must be enabled in bios, when the coin cell goes
dead PXE flips on and the PC tries to boot from PXE remote servers. (business class) that you do not have.
1: new coin cell replaced. bat.
2: in bios (esc key) click reset bios defaults.
3: set time and date in bios.
4: set PXE off in NIC page BIOS (nic)
5: set PEX off in boot order. if seen.
6: set hdd0 back to top of list in boot order page , bios
7: save (bios) key
8: exit bios
9 : cold boot PC bingo HDD 0 boots again./

It is telling you that there is a problem with your hard drive. If you know how to get to your bios screen and have a recovery CD you should be able to restore it. That is IF the hard drive is in fact not defective. Otherwise you will need to to take it to someone who does computer repair and either let them replace the hard drive or depending on your ability do so yourself or purchase another laptop

I think, in BIOS setting your first booting device is the 60GB HDD. change it to HDD0 as 1st boot, CD Drive as 2nd boot and HDD1 as third boot device and it would not ask any error report.

Bad hard drive. Time for a replacement.

it seems there is a problem with detection of hard disk drive.

as soon as you turn on the laptop press F1 key to enter the BIOS and check there to see if the hard drive is detected or not. If F1 doesnt take you into BIOS try F2.

A PXE-61 error message is most likely a faulty hard disk.
Try reseating the hard drive first and if you still get this error message again then you need to replace the hard disk.
To boot up with the CD you maybe able to press the F12 function key when you power up the laptop, this will bring up the a menu option to select an alternate boot device. If this option is not available then go into the BIOS configuration and change the bootup order and make the CD as the first boot device and the hard disk as the second device. You can can it back later.

press hard disk and boot the windows

Download Hiren CD .. format the hDD and install the OS Freashly

To all users with: lenovo T61error 2100: HDD0(hard disk drive),


Possible cause:

1. Corrupted hard disk logical sectror/hard disk logical error (bad format).
2. Hard disk connector not well in place.
3. Hard disk broken, physical fault.

Solutions:

1. Format hard disk and reinstall system using a Windows setup CD.
2. If that does not work the Hard disk must be removed to check thge connector, and to test the hard disk on a different computer.
3. If the hard disk is bad , it must be replaced, and windows reinstalled repeating step one.

same prob on my IBM LENOVO T60
did anyone found the solution?
please contact me
i need to recover my DATA
my pc can't start no more