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PXE-E61 Media Test Failure, check cable error

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Hello. I have a really old laptop that used to have windows xp on it. At some point, we replaced the hard drive. While trying to get it to run Windows 8.1, I formatted the disk, and now it has no operating system (the windows 8.1 installation was unsuccessful). These are my specs: Toshiba SATELLITE M55-S135, a Windows XP Home Edition x86 laptop. Now, I am trying to make use of it and get at least an operating system on it. But every time I go to boot off of a bootable dvd or USB, This is what keeps popping up, over and over. Help?

"Yukon PXE v3.05 beta 01 (20041028) 

(C)Copyright 2003-2004 Marvell (R). All rights reserved.

 

Pre-boot eXecution Environment (PXE) v2.1

(C)Copyright 1997-2000 Intel Corporation

PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable

PXE-MOF: Exiting PXE ROM."

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You sure you're booting to the usb stick? Seems like it keeps trying to boot to the network.

 

Check boot order in bios.

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In the bios, there is no option to network boot. Options are to boot to CD/DVD, HDD, FDD, or LAN

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Never mind, figured it out. There was an option titled "Built in LAN". Disabled that, and it worked.

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