Re: Did I kill my C drive?

[Guest Wog George]

Re: Did I kill my C drive?

 

"JAD" <nottoday@spamer.com> wrote in message

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> "Wog George" <wog-NotThisBit-george@amd-p.com> wrote in message

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>> "(!)" <Hypoid90@btinternet.com> wrote in message

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>>> "Wog George" <wog-NotThisBit-george@amd-p.com> wrote in message

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>>>>> "James" <muzician21@yahoo.com> wrote in message

>>>>> news:8e408361-1f70-417b-92dd-d490778e7765@v15g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...

>>>>>>I was futzing around near the tower of my XP machine and accidentally

>>>>>> banged the corner on the front of the tower with my knuckles which

>>>>>> amounted to a half-hearted punch pretty much straight on while it was

>>>>>> playing an audio file.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> The audio app immediately seized, mouse and keyboard wouldn't

>>>>>> respond.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Hit the reset button to attempt to reboot and I get the following:

>>>>>>

>>>>>> PXE-E53: No boot filename received

>>>>>>

>>>>>> PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE Rom

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected

>>>>>> boot device and press a key.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Does it sound like I've killed my C drive? I didn't think it would be

>>>>>> that susceptible to shock.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Sincere thanks for all assistance.

>>>>>>

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>>>>> http://forums.techguy.org/windows-95-98-me/371345-solved-pxe-e53-no-boot.html

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>>>> I saw that but promptly dismissed it due to the apparent root cause of

>>>> the problem, ie an impact. While magnetism and impact don't make good

>>>> bedfellows, I considered that a decent whack would be unlikely to

>>>> change the bios. Stranger things have happened of course...

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>>> is this a new class............dellweight, computerweight,

>>> pcweight.......sounds like it was a KO in the first, with a blow to the

>>> temple.

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>> It was a blow to the OP's aspirations of using his PC.

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>> Despite my physical dimensions, the best I've ever been able to

>> accomplish by punching a computer is a bruised knuckle. That was when I

>> fought in the no-name-clone-weight category.

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> check the cabling

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My knuckle wasn't cabled at the time, and has since recovered.

 

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George

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