Wont read/write hard drive

The Wii doesn;t have any built-in capability to read hard drives. You willo need to check with the author of the homebrew program you are using for help.

Hi chetan5karma,

I see that you are having issues with you Thinkpad R61 Laptop getting an Error 7, PXE-e61 Media test Failure.

I Believe the Error that you are receiving means that the Hard Drive in your Laptop is not responding anymore or is not anymore fixable, the error that your mentioned states that your "HDD" Hard Drive needs to be replaced on your Laptop there is no other way to fix this error you Hard Drive is already undetected and most probably not bootable anymore.

You can google pxe-e61 there will be many possible causes but all fall in replacing the Hard Drive, the only option your can try with this concern is removing your Hard Drive and reconnecting it back again, this is to see if the Laptop will detect the Hard Drive again or not.

Also you can try reformatting the Hard Drive using a Windows Installation Disc to see if it will be detected by Windows.

I hope this helps.

Thank you for choosing Fixya,

mvincentc

once in system BIOS try f1 for general help or booting in optimised defaults or failsafe defaualts

Thats right the hard drive contains the Brain program without that NOTHING will work, as it doesn't have it's instructions on the hard drive?? With NO hard drive NOTHING will ever work?

If you see disc error when booting, most likely it is either a hard drive failure or a loose interface connection between the hard drive and the motherboard.

check if you are using some software to prevent some files..

Sounds like it.

Any Sata drive 500gb and below will work fine.

You can get them on the cheap at newegg.com

Let me know if you have any other questions or problems.

the first boot sector of the hard drive is corrupt so fdisk wont work
please use software to repair the boot sectors zero and 63.
usually the softwares are superfdisk which is free on net.

also if you fail use seagate disk manager bootable version. it will be very quick and handy in long term too to format seagate hard drives

error 61 on the nsm is a cd read error nothing to do with the amp, clean laser lens with a cotton bud and spit not spirits etc just saliva, then make a blank selection and see if the laser emits red beam, if not then the laser is faulty, check connections etc, if it picks up the disc but does not spin it its the decoder at fault, places like act marketing london, jukebox showroom, capital coin, herondata sales or anyone operator within the amusement industry will gladly sell you an exchange unit, or just try the coinslot industy magazine online or order via wh smiths

At the last time the microsoft has lansed spyware via update so i recomended you to format it again and TURN OFF UPTATING!