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Title: HELP! 'No boot filename received' - WTF?! Post by: Laxie on January 04, 2009, 04:17:28 PM Hi all. At the in-laws and their laptop is playing up. It's about a year old with Vista. When they turn it on, after about 5 minutes a message pops up saying 'No boot filename received.' Then the computer goes on it's merry way to starting up. How do I go about sorting this so they don't have to wait the time it takes to cook a fry up while their computer boots? Many thanks in advance from all of us.
Title: Re: HELP! 'No boot filename received' - WTF?! Post by: pokerfan on January 04, 2009, 04:22:39 PM im a novice but make sure there is no disk in drive as it may be trying to boot from here. if there isnt hit f12 during startup and make sure its booting from hdd and nowhere else,barring that ask Kin or tractor.
Title: Re: HELP! 'No boot filename received' - WTF?! Post by: Ecosse on January 04, 2009, 06:21:42 PM Hi Dawn, The machine is trying to boot to a network device. Get in to the setup (del key, F2 etc) Change the boot order to make sure the hard disk is the first option on the list. Title: Re: HELP! 'No boot filename received' - WTF?! Post by: Laxie on January 16, 2009, 01:39:11 PM OK, the boot priority order at the minute is this:
1 USB Key: 2 PCI BEV: NVIDIA Boot Agent 3 USB HDD: 4 IDE 4: Hitachi HTS blahblah (Bunch of numbers) 5 IDE CD: MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ blahblah 6 USB FDC: 7 8 Excluded from boot order: USB CDROM USB ZIP USB LS120 What do I move and where, please and thanks? Title: Re: HELP! 'No boot filename received' - WTF?! Post by: Colchester Kev on January 16, 2009, 01:41:04 PM What do I move and where, please and thanks? Move Computer to Dustbin. you are welcome xx Title: Re: HELP! 'No boot filename received' - WTF?! Post by: Laxie on January 16, 2009, 01:42:12 PM Sigh. They're calling to collect the fecking thing this afternoon. They're hoping to collect a working lappy too...go figure. rotflmfao
Title: Re: HELP! 'No boot filename received' - WTF?! Post by: Bongo on January 16, 2009, 01:44:07 PM Try the Hitachi at 1.
Title: Re: HELP! 'No boot filename received' - WTF?! Post by: Laxie on January 16, 2009, 02:03:22 PM Try the Hitachi at 1. OMG!!! You're my HERO!!! I may be forced to kiss you at the next bash. Take no notice. rotflmfao Title: Re: HELP! 'No boot filename received' - WTF?! Post by: kinboshi on January 16, 2009, 02:11:34 PM Good work Ecosse and Bongo.
Good work with turning the crisis into a drama Laxie!! :D Title: Re: HELP! 'No boot filename received' - WTF?! Post by: Laxie on January 16, 2009, 02:33:07 PM You obviously have never met my in-laws.
Title: Re: HELP! 'No boot filename received' - WTF?! Post by: kinboshi on January 16, 2009, 02:52:59 PM You obviously have never met my in-laws. Of that, I am thankful. |