Hi all experts, im so frustrated rite now n really need a help! (i did tried 2 search 4 the problem in the forum but coudnt find any thing SIMILAR).

notebook model: Intel Dell mini inspriron 910.

On sunday nite, it worked just totally normal at first, then after i put it in standby for about 2 hours, i found it already turned off by itself. So i tried to turn it on but it didnt start up like normal, all i got was a black screen showing:

"Intel UNDI, PXE-2.1 (build 082)
Copyright (c) 1997-2002 Intel Corporation

For Realtek RT8101E/8102E PCI-E Ethernet Controller v1,08 (080408)
PXE-E61: media test failure, check cable
PXE-MOF: exiting PXE ROM.
Operating system not found."

As this mini dell doesnt have a cd rom so i bought an external optical drive n tried 2 re-instal the operating system cd. but when the windows set up got to the step of choosing the ITEM to set up windows xp on, there was a box show:

" 8057 MB disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on atapi


and when i hit enter, it came up another screen say :

Aproblem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

If this is the first time you.ve seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. if this screen appears again, follow these steps:

check to be sure u have adequate disk space....(and some more message)

So i thought it might help if i plug in an external hdd n choose to set up windows xp on the hdd. but after the set up finish, it reboot the conputer , i thought it wud work again but actually the windows xp didnt start, n it keep repeating the windows set up over n over again.

So that is my problem, i have no idea what happened. i wud very appreciate your help!!

thanks all! (n sorry 4 my english!)
what kind of external hdd are you using?  If it's a usb one, i dont think you can run an OS off of it.  this sounds like a bad hdd Quote from: Atari7800 on March 11, 2010, 07:31:40 AM

what kind of external hdd are you using?  If it's a usb one, i dont think you can run an OS off of it.  this sounds like a bad hdd