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post #1 of 11
8/8/04 at 1:31am
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hey dudez.. im having a problem ....

When i start my laptop it starts the INTEL BOOT AGENT and then it says :

"Media test failed ( somethin like this... ) , check cable
exiting boot agent
Insert System Disk
Press any key to continue."

this happens sometimes when i try booting after shutting down my laptop... after a few tries the laptops starts but sometimes it may not start too.. so i'd have to wait for a day and try and then it would work.... plz note that this happens before the windows xp home loads ..

thanks
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post #2 of 11
8/8/04 at 2:01pm
Download and make one of these: Ultimate Boot CD. It can test for a variety of problems, including HD problems like yours.
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post #3 of 11
8/9/04 at 2:02am
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i see.. thanks .AM i supposed to burn the iso to the cd or is there something else im supposed to burn to the boot cd??


any idea what the prob is???? smart ( using speedfan ) doesnt report any problems with my hdd..
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post #4 of 11
8/9/04 at 2:58am
Burn the ISO and boot from that CD. I think that gives you a menu that lists several HD testing and stressing progs. You may also want to try the Memory testers.
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post #5 of 11
8/9/04 at 10:59am
wazzup, I think if you'll notice, the Windows version is at http://www.windowsubcd.com/. Sure sounds like hdd problems to me. Aren't you still under warrenty?
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post #6 of 11
8/9/04 at 2:58pm
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hey.... yes im under Compusa warranty... i think ill give it to comp usa today... but the prob is i dont have the time.. leaving for middle east next monday and i doubt comp usa will give my laptop back within a week itself... im not sure if i'd wanna try the above prog coz if it totally stresses the hard drive , the hard drive might crash which i dont want to happen
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post #7 of 11
8/31/04 at 3:58pm
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hey... i got my laptop back from Comp Usa and apparently all they've done is change the DVD-RW/CD-rw drive and have reformatted... do u think this is a permanent fix to the problem? it boots fine now...



i thought the problem was with a HDD ( or a connector ) because it woudnt detect a HDD and then it woudnt detect the DVd-rw drive and would hence go to the Network ... so that means the fault lies in both, the dvd-rw drive and the hdd right?


thanks much
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post #8 of 11
9/1/04 at 6:20am
Maybe the DVD was causing a problem on the IDE bus and was stopping your HDD from working normally.
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post #9 of 11
9/1/04 at 3:07pm
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hmmm ...all the peepzi asked were saying that they are signs the HDD is failing... although now that u mention it, the problem did start after i got it back from Cmop usa ( had given it coz dvd-rw didnt work.. they replaced the drive ) ..

doh... not sure if i should give it to toshiba for them to check it thoroughly again..
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post #10 of 11
10/22/04 at 7:30am
It may have been stalling bootup trying to load a device driver for an inop piece of hardware.. Happens on alot of PC's..
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post #11 of 11
10/22/04 at 4:56pm
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hmm sorry forgot to update the thread.. turns out it was a failing HDD... compusa replaced it with a toshiba 60 gig 5400 rpm 16 mb cache hdd

thanks much for ur help guys..
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