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Recently - we had a storm that surged thru the VGA card and destroyed the motherboard. anyway, another motherboard was installed - and of course it came with a cd - and i had realtek speakers/media - so i loaded the realtek devises - well windows had an update to the realtek driver that i downloaded - - realtek rtl8139x/ pci fast ethernet controller. This driver is not allowing me to get to windows - I am unable to get to safemode to uninstall the driver - it wants a boot system -cdI so how do i bypass this boot?
I was going to do a restore from the emergency cd,unfortunately - the place i bought the computer loaded the computer with windows xp home edition - and gave me a 98 windows emergency cd - the business is now gone.
And to make matters worse, when the motherboard was done, and before i downloaded this driver - i was able to get into windows - but unable to do a restore.
currently, the sceen shows (intel undi pxe-2.0 build 082 for realtek rtl8139z/8130/8180x pci fast ethernet controller v2.14 c0402091 pxe-e61.media test failure check cable pxe-mof exiting pxe rom reboot and select proper reboot device or boot media device and press a ) any key i touch give me the same message. i can get into set up, but none of those options help me. help help - my daughter wants her computer back.
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In case you can't get the directions from Start, Help;
To start the computer in safe mode 1.. You should print these instructions before continuing. They will not be available after you shut your computer down in step 2. 2.. Click Start, click Shut Down, and then, in the drop-down list, click Shut down. 3.. In the Shut Down Windows dialog box, click Restart, and then click OK. 4.. When you see the message Please select the operating system to start, press F8. 5.. Use the arrow keys to highlight the appropriate safe mode option, and then press ENTER. 6.. If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot system, choose the installation that you need to access using the arrow keys, and then press ENTER. Hope this helps.
Don Vancouver, USA
"cleper" <cleper[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B76F63E2-6118-414D-807F-66BCD464A15B[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text] > Recently - we had a storm that surged thru the VGA card and destroyed the > motherboard. anyway, another motherboard was installed - and of course it > came with a cd - and i had realtek speakers/media - so i loaded the > realtek > devises - well windows had an update to the realtek driver that i > downloaded > - - realtek rtl8139x/ pci fast ethernet controller. This driver is not > allowing me to get to windows - I am unable to get to safemode to > uninstall > the driver - it wants a boot system -cdI so how do i bypass this boot? > > I was going to do a restore from the emergency cd,unfortunately - the > place > i bought the computer loaded the computer with windows xp home edition - > and > gave me a 98 windows emergency cd - the business is now gone. > > And to make matters worse, when the motherboard was done, and before i > downloaded this driver - i was able to get into windows - but unable to do > a > restore. > > currently, the sceen shows > (intel undi pxe-2.0 build 082 > for realtek rtl8139z/8130/8180x pci fast ethernet controller v2.14 > c0402091 > pxe-e61.media test failure check cable pxe-mof exiting pxe rom reboot and > select proper reboot device or boot media device and press a ) > any key i touch give me the same message. i can get into set up, but none > of those options help me. help help - my daughter wants her computer > back.
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That does not help - currently on black screen - am unable to get to the safe mode - F2 does not do it - nor F2 4x when i reset
"Don Schmidt" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > In case you can't get the directions from Start, Help; > > To start the computer in safe mode > 1.. You should print these instructions before continuing. They will not > be available after you shut your computer down in step 2. > 2.. Click Start, click Shut Down, and then, in the drop-down list, click > Shut down. > 3.. In the Shut Down Windows dialog box, click Restart, and then click OK. > 4.. When you see the message Please select the operating system to start, > press F8. > 5.. Use the arrow keys to highlight the appropriate safe mode option, and > then press ENTER. > 6.. If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot system, choose the > installation that you need to access using the arrow keys, and then press > ENTER. > Hope this helps. > > > Don > Vancouver, USA > > > > > "cleper" <cleper[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:B76F63E2-6118-414D-807F-66BCD464A15B[ at ]microsoft.com... > > Recently - we had a storm that surged thru the VGA card and destroyed the > > motherboard. anyway, another motherboard was installed - and of course it > > came with a cd - and i had realtek speakers/media - so i loaded the > > realtek > > devises - well windows had an update to the realtek driver that i > > downloaded > > - - realtek rtl8139x/ pci fast ethernet controller. This driver is not > > allowing me to get to windows - I am unable to get to safemode to > > uninstall > > the driver - it wants a boot system -cdI so how do i bypass this boot? > > > > I was going to do a restore from the emergency cd,unfortunately - the > > place > > i bought the computer loaded the computer with windows xp home edition - > > and > > gave me a 98 windows emergency cd - the business is now gone. > > > > And to make matters worse, when the motherboard was done, and before i > > downloaded this driver - i was able to get into windows - but unable to do > > a > > restore. > > > > currently, the sceen shows > > (intel undi pxe-2.0 build 082 > > for realtek rtl8139z/8130/8180x pci fast ethernet controller v2.14 > > c0402091 > > pxe-e61.media test failure check cable pxe-mof exiting pxe rom reboot and > > select proper reboot device or boot media device and press a ) > > any key i touch give me the same message. i can get into set up, but none > > of those options help me. help help - my daughter wants her computer > > back. > > >
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cleper wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Recently - we had a storm that surged thru the VGA card and > destroyed the motherboard. anyway, another motherboard was > installed - and of course it came with a cd - and i had realtek > speakers/media - so i loaded the realtek devises - well windows had > an update to the realtek driver that i downloaded - - realtek > rtl8139x/ pci fast ethernet controller. This driver is not > allowing me to get to windows - I am unable to get to safemode to > uninstall the driver - it wants a boot system -cdI so how do i > bypass this boot? > > I was going to do a restore from the emergency cd,unfortunately - > the place i bought the computer loaded the computer with windows xp > home edition - and gave me a 98 windows emergency cd - the business > is now gone. > > And to make matters worse, when the motherboard was done, and > before i downloaded this driver - i was able to get into windows - > but unable to do a restore. > > currently, the sceen shows > (intel undi pxe-2.0 build 082 > for realtek rtl8139z/8130/8180x pci fast ethernet controller v2.14 > c0402091 pxe-e61.media test failure check cable pxe-mof exiting pxe > rom reboot and select proper reboot device or boot media device and > press a ) > any key i touch give me the same message. i can get into set up, > but none of those options help me. help help - my daughter wants > her computer back.
Don Schmidt wrote: > In case you can't get the directions from Start, Help; > > To start the computer in safe mode > 1.. You should print these instructions before continuing. They > will not be available after you shut your computer down in step 2. > 2.. Click Start, click Shut Down, and then, in the drop-down list, > click Shut down. > 3.. In the Shut Down Windows dialog box, click Restart, and then > click OK. > 4.. When you see the message Please select the operating system to > start, press F8. > 5.. Use the arrow keys to highlight the appropriate safe mode > option, and then press ENTER. > 6.. If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot system, choose the > installation that you need to access using the arrow keys, and then > press ENTER. > Hope this helps.
cleper wrote: > That does not help - currently on black screen - am unable to get > to the safe mode - F2 does not do it - nor F2 4x when i reset
F2? That sounds like the BIOS entry key - not the SAFE MODE menu selection... (F8).
Turn off the computer. Turn on the computrer and immediately press the F8 key once per second. When the menu comes up - select Safe Mode.
If the menu does not come up - you may have a repair installation situation and you may have a problem since you have no Windows Xp Home Edition installation media per your original posting.
(Do you even have the Product Key/COA for Windows XP Home Edition?)
-- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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"cleper" <cleper[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B76F63E2-6118-414D-807F-66BCD464A15B[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text] > Recently - we had a storm that surged thru the VGA card and destroyed the > motherboard. anyway, another motherboard was installed - and of course it > came with a cd - and i had realtek speakers/media - so i loaded the
realtek > devises - well windows had an update to the realtek driver that i downloaded > - - realtek rtl8139x/ pci fast ethernet controller. This driver is not > allowing me to get to windows - I am unable to get to safemode to uninstall > the driver - it wants a boot system -cdI so how do i bypass this boot? > > I was going to do a restore from the emergency cd,unfortunately - the place > i bought the computer loaded the computer with windows xp home edition - and > gave me a 98 windows emergency cd - the business is now gone. > > And to make matters worse, when the motherboard was done, and before i > downloaded this driver - i was able to get into windows - but unable to do a > restore. > > currently, the sceen shows > (intel undi pxe-2.0 build 082 > for realtek rtl8139z/8130/8180x pci fast ethernet controller v2.14 c0402091 > pxe-e61.media test failure check cable pxe-mof exiting pxe rom reboot and > select proper reboot device or boot media device and press a ) > any key i touch give me the same message. i can get into set up, but none > of those options help me. help help - my daughter wants her computer back.
First off, to get to safe mode you need to hit the F8 key right after the bios message but just before the OS loads
If you can get there, fine, you might be able to sort out the problem
However, unless the mobo you bought is the same type (or very similar) to the original... more than likely you will need to perform a repair installation
(Google for instructions)
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On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:16:01 -0800, cleper wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Recently - we had a storm that surged thru the VGA card and destroyed > the motherboard. anyway, another motherboard was installed - and of > course it came with a cd - and i had realtek speakers/media - so i > loaded the realtek devises - well windows had an update to the realtek > driver that i downloaded - - realtek rtl8139x/ pci fast ethernet > controller. This driver is not allowing me to get to windows - I am > unable to get to safemode to uninstall the driver - it wants a boot > system -cdI so how do i bypass this boot? > > I was going to do a restore from the emergency cd,unfortunately - the > place i bought the computer loaded the computer with windows xp home > edition - and gave me a 98 windows emergency cd - the business is now > gone. > > And to make matters worse, when the motherboard was done, and before i > downloaded this driver - i was able to get into windows - but unable to > do a restore. > > currently, the sceen shows > (intel undi pxe-2.0 build 082 > for realtek rtl8139z/8130/8180x pci fast ethernet controller v2.14 > c0402091 pxe-e61.media test failure check cable pxe-mof exiting pxe rom > reboot and select proper reboot device or boot media device and press a > ) any key i touch give me the same message. i can get into set up, but > none of those options help me. help help - my daughter wants her > computer back.
Based on what you are describing it sounds like the network card has a higher boot priority than the hddisk. First make sure the hddisk is connected properly and that it shows up in the BIOS. If the hddisk does show up properly in the BIOS then check the boot priority for the network card and change it to the last item and/or move the hddisk above the network card in boot priority. Save and exit the BIOS and see if you can get back into Windows.
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