aerrin99 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 (edited) I have a new Toshiba laptop (exact specs here - pdf) and I'd like to install XP on it instead of Vista. I have a clean copy of XP pro with SP2, and I downloaded the SATA drivers from the intel site (originally I was using a floppy to install them, which worked fine until the end when it stopped reading the floppy drive, so I moved to trying to slipstream them with nLite). I had no problem copying the windows CD or inserting the drivers and it appears to have created the ISO and burned properly, but upon trying to boot the Toshiba from the CD I get the following text:PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cablePXE-M0f: Exiting PXE ROM.NTLDR is missingPress ctrl+alt+del to restartAnyone have any words of wisdom as to why this happened or how to fix it? Edited December 12, 2007 by aerrin99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arie Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 It sounds like it's simply not booting from CD-ROM. Check your BIOS to see if it's set to boot from CD-ROM. If it does try to boot from CD-ROM, then apperantly the CD-ROM which you burned is not bootable. Did you burn the disc properly; what do you see on the disc itself/what are it's contents? Did you remove anything using nLite, did you add anything, et cetera or did you only use it to integrate drivers? Have you tested your ISO-file in a virtual environment, such as Microsoft Virtual PC 2007? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerrin99 Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share Posted December 12, 2007 Thanks a lot for the reply!I did set it to boot from the CD, yes (f12 during start-up and then CD/DVD from the options list), but I haven't tried running the ISO in a virtual environment. I'll try that, and also take a look at the CD contents so I can list them, after work today.Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legolash2o Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 (edited) open the iso with MagicISO or PowerISO, it will tell you if its bootable or not. MaigcISO Download Edited December 12, 2007 by legolash2o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerrin99 Posted December 13, 2007 Author Share Posted December 13, 2007 Magic ISO says it's bootable. I didn't make any changes except to integrate the drivers for my HD.The disk contains:DirectoriesDOCSDOTNETFXl386SUPPORTVALUEADDFilesAUTORUN.INFLAST SESSION (205312.11-21.40.03).INILAST SESSION (205312.11-21.40.03)_U.INILAST SESSION (205312.11-21.46.34).INILAST SESSION (205312.11-21.46.34)_U.INILAST SESSION.INILAST SESSION_U.INIREADME.HTMSETUP.EXESETUPXP.HTMWIN51WIN51IPWIN51IP.SP2Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arie Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Try to boot from the disc on another machine as well as testing the ISO-file itself in a virtual environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerrin99 Posted December 13, 2007 Author Share Posted December 13, 2007 My virtual environment loads it fine and I get the installation/repair menu when I mount it. This computer won't boot from it, though - F12 on start up and selecting the HDD loads windows as usually, so apparently it's not reading it? I burned the disk on Sonic at 4x speed, but otherwise didn't make any change from the default burning settings. Is there anything else I should change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arie Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 I guess your CD drive is dirty, broken or can't properly read these brands of CDR's. Burn your project on a different CDR and try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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