Solved Help can't boot vista

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neiltrace

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Hi all,
I hope someone can help me, I have a HP Pavillion DV9500 which died a death I diagnosed it as motherboard and replaced it, it then worked for a day then the only way I could get it to boot would be to boot with the recovery disc in, then that failed to work, then I joined this forum and with the help of members soon realised that the problem could be the hard drive. So I replaced the hard drive put in the HP recovery disks which proceeded to format the hard drive and install drivers and vista. When I rebooted the only screen that appears now is as follows

Intel UNDI, PXE-2.1 (build 082)
Copyright (C) 1997 - 2000 Intel corporation

For Realtek RTL8111B/8168B Gigabit Ethernet Controler v2.03 (060516)
PXE-E61 : Media test failure, check cable
PXE-M0F : Exiting PXE ROM.
Operating system not found

I have done a secondary hard drive test which came up with no problems. Tried to do a primary hard drive test which said diagnostics not supported. (I only have one hard drive fitted to this laptop). I then did a memory test which again passed. These were done through the Phoenix bios setup utility.
When I try to reinstall using the recovery disks, it goes through the whole process but still says no operating system found. It does more than it used to do but still not working. If someone can give me any ideas of how to get this working properly I would be extremely grateful.

Kind regards
A very frustrated Neil.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Paviliion dv9500
    CPU
    intel centrino duo
    Motherboard
    dv9500
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvidia
    Hard Drives
    Samsung HM250JI
    Internet Speed
    Very Slow
Hey, geez, sorry you are back again for issues, to say hi and everything working would have been preferred. How bout you retry to do your OS install ? Maybe something went wrong ?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Emachine ET 1161-05
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640
    Motherboard
    eMachines MCP61PM-GM (Socket AM2 )
    Memory
    2.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 387MHz (6-6-6-18)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Acer E181H (1280x768@60Hz) 128MB GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 (
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Name Acer E181H on NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
    Screen Resolution
    1280x768 pixels
    Hard Drives
    ST316081 5AS SCSI Disk Device
    PSU
    MCP61PM-GM 9000 NVIDIA Chipset Model MCP61 Chipset Revisio
    Case
    Tower
    Cooling
    Fan Speed 1247 RPM
    Keyboard
    Standard PS/2 Keyboard
    Mouse
    PS/2 Compatible Mouse
    Internet Speed
    http://www.speedtest.net/result/1538974261.png
I am hoping you do not have hardware issues again.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Emachine ET 1161-05
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640
    Motherboard
    eMachines MCP61PM-GM (Socket AM2 )
    Memory
    2.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 387MHz (6-6-6-18)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Acer E181H (1280x768@60Hz) 128MB GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 (
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Name Acer E181H on NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
    Screen Resolution
    1280x768 pixels
    Hard Drives
    ST316081 5AS SCSI Disk Device
    PSU
    MCP61PM-GM 9000 NVIDIA Chipset Model MCP61 Chipset Revisio
    Case
    Tower
    Cooling
    Fan Speed 1247 RPM
    Keyboard
    Standard PS/2 Keyboard
    Mouse
    PS/2 Compatible Mouse
    Internet Speed
    http://www.speedtest.net/result/1538974261.png

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Hi all
Thanks for the imfo I have tried restoring a couple of times now but no joy
I have downloaded ubuntu and installed it, I get to a screen which asks me to select a file, click on the icon next to “Source”, pick the downloaded ISO file, stick a recordable CD into the drive, and click burn. when I select this option It opens up a search file with options of desktop, computer, pictures etc, on the left side,
on the right bottom corner I can select ISO files but dont know what to do next
also in the Image burn log that appears bellow is a yellow triangle with the writing
11.10.46 any dvd can interfere with imageburns ability to verify it accuratley please ensure it is disabled, do I disable it and if so how

Thanks Neil
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Paviliion dv9500
    CPU
    intel centrino duo
    Motherboard
    dv9500
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvidia
    Hard Drives
    Samsung HM250JI
    Internet Speed
    Very Slow
Neil
I cant answer the first part of your question, I really dont know what you see and whats there
Just follow these instructions for imgburn
How to Use ImgBurn | eHow.com
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Hi all,
I have sorted it, in the bios the hard drive was being recognised as a secondary drive but it wouldn't work, kept saying operating system not found,
there is another place in the laptop for a hard drive (a primary drive) so I moved the hard drive to this place, checked the bios and it recognised it as primary, I loaded the installation discs and loaded vista
How bad do I feel
I will put this down as a learning curve
Sorry for wasting your time on this problem and thanks for all of your help

Neil
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Paviliion dv9500
    CPU
    intel centrino duo
    Motherboard
    dv9500
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvidia
    Hard Drives
    Samsung HM250JI
    Internet Speed
    Very Slow
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