I have a Toshiba 1800 series laptop. The hard drive died. I just purchased a new one (a Samsung 2.5" 80gig). I have physically installed the new hard drive into the laptop. I assumed that once I did that all I'd have to do was boot from the laptop recovery disk and everything would work itself out. I'm obviously wrong because this hasn't worked.
When I turn the laptop on I get the following message:
Immediately when I turn the computer on I can press F2 to go to the boot selection menu. If I choose this I get the following message:
I've tried choosing each option but I just end up getting that other message that I've typed above.
Does anyone have any idea what I should be doing and if so can you explain it to me in fairly simply terms? Or would I be better off just taking the laptop to a store to fix it?
Thanks in advance. :grinthumb
When I turn the laptop on I get the following message:
Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 077)
Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999 Intel Corporation
PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM
Insert system disk in drive
Press any key when ready
Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999 Intel Corporation
PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM
Insert system disk in drive
Press any key when ready
Immediately when I turn the computer on I can press F2 to go to the boot selection menu. If I choose this I get the following message:
Select boot device:
C: CD ROM
N: Network (LAN)
F: HDD
B: Built in HDD
D: Default system setup device
Press C, N, F, B, or D
C: CD ROM
N: Network (LAN)
F: HDD
B: Built in HDD
D: Default system setup device
Press C, N, F, B, or D
I've tried choosing each option but I just end up getting that other message that I've typed above.
Does anyone have any idea what I should be doing and if so can you explain it to me in fairly simply terms? Or would I be better off just taking the laptop to a store to fix it?
Thanks in advance. :grinthumb