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TechnoChallenged_Mum   11-27-2011 at 12:08:14 AM

Hi all,

My daughter has an Acer Aspire One, 10in netbook 'running' on XP. My/our problem is this: The ruddy thing will not start up. It will power on, will display the Acer Logo.... and will go no further. After the Acer logo screen I get this on a black background:



Intel UNDI, PXE-2.1 (build 082)
Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation

For Atheros PCIE Ethernet Controller v1.0.0.13(2008/10/15)

Check Cable connection...!
PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM.
No bootable device -- insert bood disk and press any key



It will not start in Safe Mode (I have tried!). A friend advised that I restore the factory settings... is he correct? if 'yes', how do I do this.

The Netbook does NOT have a CD slot/drive, and did not come with any disks.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Also, if replies could be put in regular English instead of techno-jargon it would really help a lot.

Thanks

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jsmakkar   11-27-2011 at 12:05:52 PM

To restore to factory settings, Power on the Netbook and immediately press two keys Alt and F10 together and go from there.
Have a look at this video: http://youtu.be/t4UvqRj90aw

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TechnoChallenged_Mum   11-27-2011 at 04:49:25 PM

jsmakkar wrote :

To restore to factory settings, Power on the Netbook and immediately press two keys Alt and F10 together and go from there.
Have a look at this video: http://youtu.be/t4UvqRj90aw


Thanks... tried that... didn't work.

Still getting the same message on-screen

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mistert   11-27-2011 at 05:45:20 PM

Sounds like you are getting through the bios (Acer logo) screen but the boot sectors of the hard drive have become corrupted, the boot files are missing, or the hard drive has died. Since you can't restore the factory setting which is a separate partition on the hard drive I would guess the hard drive has died. You can go into the bios and see if the hard drive is listed. If not the hard drive has mostly likely died or the cable has become detached from the motherboard. You can also get an external DVD drive along with a copy of XP and and try a new install. If the install can't find the hard drive then that would be pretty good proof your hard drive has failed.
Good luck

MisterT

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TechnoChallenged_Mum   11-27-2011 at 11:28:01 PM

mistert wrote :

Sounds like you are getting through the bios (Acer logo) screen but the boot sectors of the hard drive have become corrupted, the boot files are missing, or the hard drive has died. Since you can't restore the factory setting which is a separate partition on the hard drive I would guess the hard drive has died. You can go into the bios and see if the hard drive is listed. If not the hard drive has mostly likely died or the cable has become detached from the motherboard. You can also get an external DVD drive along with a copy of XP and and try a new install. If the install can't find the hard drive then that would be pretty good proof your hard drive has failed.
Good luck

MisterT


Hi MisterT :hello:

"You can go into the bios"... how do I do that?

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billybobser   11-27-2011 at 11:42:11 PM

try mashing 'del' , f8, f1 those kinda keys, as soon as the pc boots.


It should usually tell you on the screen with the logo which, but it may take a few attempts to see as it could disappear quick.

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mistert   11-28-2011 at 06:27:50 PM

On an Acer you would hit F2 for setup very soon after you hit the 'ON' button. I always just keep pressing the F2 until it says "entering setup". Bios screens vary so I can't tell you exactly what to do but you should be able to use the arrow keys and scroll over to the BOOT menu. Look at the 1st boot priority and it should have your hard drive listed. You can see it as a hard drive because it should be listed as 1. HDD0 WDC XXXXX or some other number that looks similar. If you don't see something like that then your HD is fubar. Don't worry, you can't mess anything up unless you save on exit.

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Hegave1   02-01-2012 at 04:16:45 PM

MisterT, I found your thread when looking for help for the same problem. My hard drive is listed. What can I do from here?

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