I have a LAPTOP here Acer Win 7, when I boot it sometimes says the following:

Check Cable Connection, PXE.MOF, Exiting Intel PXE ROM, No Bootable Device Insert Boot and press any key.

I have tried sfc /scannnow it failed, says I have to reboot to complete some repair first and try again, when I do same thing happens.

I also have tried chkdsk /r and fix and I get a message about the file system cannot be repaired. Now I'm not 100% sure what OS of Win 7 it is as I can't get any info, that info I could get if needed.

Basically the HD isn't showing up or loading, sometimes it clicks then will run normal but nothing happens won't load etc.. I also have tried to repair it I used my Win 7 Prem, Automatic start-up repair won't repair it, could this be due to wrong disk?. When the repair console opens it also isn't showing an OS, it's blank...

I have also tried re-seating HD, Ram, Disk Drive and still nothing, and the same thing happens when I try to hook it to my PC, Via USB adapter. The drive seems to run but will not show up on my computer, upon trying disk manager it will not show up there either.

Also sometimes when I try to boot it, it will freeze black screen with - at the top left corner.

I can hear the HD running now and it isn't clicking now as we SPEAK. Hope I provided good info and I hope you can help.

God Bless, DarrenThere seem to be two issues here. The first message may indicate the battery on the motherboard needs to be replaced. Of more importance, however, is that the other hd problems and the clicking sound would indicate your hd is dead or dying. You can download, burn to cd, and run the diagnostic utility from your hd manufacturer. You MIGHT also want to replace the battery on the mobo and then make sure the hd is at the top of the boot device order in you bios.Thanks for the reply, I'm thinking the HD may be dying as it won't even work when I attach it to my PC using my USB connections to hook it too my PC..

I mean it runs but nothing is happening, not showing up on my computer. Would getting the disk they installed the OS on help fix this or prob not?. Forgot to mention when I try going to Computer Managment it will give this message:

Something like Initialize and gives 2 options MBR and GPT, is that bad?.




The clicking sound you hear indicates the hd needs to be replaced.Do you have any advice that can help me get pictures off it, as there is 4,000 really important pictures that can't be replaced?. Again thanks for the help I appreciate it.

Darren As I said, you can run the manufacturer's diagnostic - but from what you've said I wouldn't hold out much hope. You've tried slaving it and that doesn't work, so I'm guessing you're out of luck. I recognize hindsight is 20-20 and I don't want to make you feel worse, but you should have been backing up everything on a regular BASIS. Hard drives die - that's just a fact of life.Yes all good apparently they did get the stuff off of it, so I don't have to worry about anything, you are right about the data I always tell people the same thing. Thanks Allen!.

God Bless.You're welcome.