Boot Problems/Intel Boot Agent

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000 (More info?)

jeffsher@registerednurses.com (Jeff) wrote in message news:<414da96e.0408181828.3e1c674e@posting.google.com>...
> I have a 500xl 2.66ghz P4, 512mg RAM. My Maxtor 160gb hdd just died (I
> got my computer 17 months ago). I replaced it with a spare Maxtor 40gb
> hdd, after trying to recover the data on the dead drive (I installed
> XP on the spare drive, and made the other drive the slave, but the
> files were not there, and XP wouldn't install on the 160gb drive even
> after reformatting). Now that I have the spare drive up and running, I
> have a problem booting. When I start my computer, I get the Gateway
> screen, and then, prior to getting the Windows splash screen, I get a
> DOS screen, with the message: "Intel Boot Agent FE v4.1.09 Intel Base
> Code, PXE-2-1 (Build 083) Client Mac Address xxx xx xx xx xx xx GUID:
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxx... PXE M0F Exiting Intel Boot Agent" . It then exits
> this, and reboots without a problem. I did a search of this
> newsgroup, as well as Gateway's support website, and came up with
> nothing. Anyone have any suggestions?

Go into you system setup and check the boot order, make sure the order
is floopy, cd, hd or something in that order. I had the same problem
however I'm currently not at me system as I write this reply but as I
remember it's something in this order. I will repost the exact order I
have my system set to later today. Cheers

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000 (More info?)

Thanks for the reply. I actually was able to go into my BIOS and
disable Boot Agent, and that cleared up the problem.

Jeff


ccrlyles@aol.com (CLyles) wrote in message news:<65716aec.0408200108.6211b2fe@posting.google.com>...
> jeffsher@registerednurses.com (Jeff) wrote in message news:<414da96e.0408181828.3e1c674e@posting.google.com>...
> > I have a 500xl 2.66ghz P4, 512mg RAM. My Maxtor 160gb hdd just died (I
> > got my computer 17 months ago). I replaced it with a spare Maxtor 40gb
> > hdd, after trying to recover the data on the dead drive (I installed
> > XP on the spare drive, and made the other drive the slave, but the
> > files were not there, and XP wouldn't install on the 160gb drive even
> > after reformatting). Now that I have the spare drive up and running, I
> > have a problem booting. When I start my computer, I get the Gateway
> > screen, and then, prior to getting the Windows splash screen, I get a
> > DOS screen, with the message: "Intel Boot Agent FE v4.1.09 Intel Base
> > Code, PXE-2-1 (Build 083) Client Mac Address xxx xx xx xx xx xx GUID:
> > xxxxxxxxxxxxxx... PXE M0F Exiting Intel Boot Agent" . It then exits
> > this, and reboots without a problem. I did a search of this
> > newsgroup, as well as Gateway's support website, and came up with
> > nothing. Anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Go into you system setup and check the boot order, make sure the order
> is floopy, cd, hd or something in that order. I had the same problem
> however I'm currently not at me system as I write this reply but as I
> remember it's something in this order. I will repost the exact order I
> have my system set to later today. Cheers