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Hi,
can anybody tell how come a standalone laptop is giving this error.
PXE-561

I tried Googling just to end up without finding even a single result. PXE alone yields many results but nowhere 561 is mentioned. what i it some kind of error number I suppose.

For more information please refer the follwing link
http://www.daniweb.com/forums/post411967.html#post411967

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PXE-E61 commonly appears as "Media test failure, check cable." That message comes from the PXE/network boot agent, but it is often a symptom, not the root cause. On laptops it frequently shows up when the firmware cannot find a usable local boot device (missing/failed drive, corrupted bootloader, or storage controller changes) and then falls back to trying the network. The PXE message itself only tells you the network boot failed.

Useful triage (in order):

  • Enter BIOS/UEFI and confirm the internal drive is listed in the hardware/storage section. If the drive is not shown, try powering down, removing and reseating the drive/caddy (follow the laptop maker’s service steps first).
  • Run the vendor-built hardware diagnostics (many laptops expose HDD/SSD tests from the boot menu) to check SMART and surface health.
  • Boot a USB rescue stick (Windows PE or a Linux live image) to verify the drive contents and copy any important data off before further repair. Use smartctl or the vendor tester from the rescue environment to read SMART attributes.

If the drive is present but Windows won’t start, the boot records may be corrupt. From Windows Recovery Environment use Command Prompt and run:

bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /scanos
bootrec /rebuildbcd
chkdsk /f /r C:

Notes and cautions: back up data before running destructive repairs. If diagnostics show drive failure, replace the drive and restore from backup or image. Thanks to for correcting the code to PXE-E61 and to and for the BIOS angle — after hardware and boot-record checks are done, the PXE message is just a fallback symptom and can be deprioritized.

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Member Avatar for TechTJ

Hello,

What kind of laptop do you have and when you turn it on dose it get to where it shows you your bios ver. and graphic card and processor etc. Or dose it show right when you turn on your computer.
If you could please give us some more infomation thank you.

TJ

Member Avatar for shouvik.d

It seems there was a typo. It is PXE-E61 Error. Actually the laptop is owned by a person who initiated the thread I have referenced with prev link.

It became clear to me that his laptop has a PXE ROM and in BIOS Network Booting is enabled so while doing a POST it tries to discover a host to boot from. Further on finding none it proceeds with Windows booting. Now is this an error that can be neglected or needs some serious probing?

Member Avatar for Chaky

You hould change booting sequence in BIOS.

1-Hard disk
2-CD Drive
3-Network (a.k.a boot agent)

Member Avatar for shouvik.d

yes...it has be conveyed to Steve. :) BTW that was not the major issue there so it is lower in my priority chart. Thanks for your help.

Member Avatar for Chaky

There should be setting in BIOS for invoking network adapter ROM. Try disabling it.

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I was wondering why my Compaq did that. Thanks for the suggestions.

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