Incorrect Boot Media?

[Rick1486]

Lads/lasses - on my new A317M I occasionally get the following message upon turning on the machine (after bios/vaio screen but before windows splash screen which doesn't appear at all)

"UNABLE TO BOOT FROM BOOT MEDIA. INSERT CORRECT MEDIA AND PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE"

If I press enter or any other key the message just repeats itself.

If I press CTRL-ALT-DEL the laptop reboots and then always successfully boots into Windows XP but this is really frustrating.

I have gone into BIOS and reset everything to factory default as I only noticed the problem after performing the recommended upgrades on the vaio site which included media server 4 (which I was blaming and so disabled) but this has made no difference.

Also just to add to the confusion, it doesn't happen every time I start the laptop and I can't say that I have been doing anything particular on the laptop prior to shutting it down and then restarting it.

The only thing I can say is that it does seem to happen from a cold start rather than a restart from within windows - although I could be wrong about this!!!

Please help!

Cheers
Rick

[kee-lo_]

Sounds to me like the hard disk is on it's way out.

[rich912]

Sounds to me like the hard disk is on it's way out.

I agree on that, but just to be sure, it is worth trying a system restore to a point prior to installing the upgrades (Start > All Programmes > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore). You could also try starting in `Safe Mode¿ a few times and see if you still have the problem. If everything is OK in Safe Mode this would eliminate a HDD problem.

[seb21__]

Start > All Programmes > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore

Thank's for the translation Rich:smileywink:

[kee-lo_]

Yeah definately Rich

[rich912]

Thank's for the translation Rich

Sie sind willkommene Seb.:smileywink:

[seb21__]

Start > All Programmes > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore

Start > Alle Programme > Zubehör > Systemprogramme > Systemwiederherstellung

:smileygrin:

[kee-lo_]

[Rick1486]

Thanks gang, so if it is the hdd who/where do i contact?

[Twisted-Rizla]

Thanks gang, so if it is the hdd who/where do i contact?

Give Sony a shout. You can get the phone numbers from Vaio-link