Satellite A30 - 30F does not recognize my hard drive

Hello
I have a laptop Satellite A30 and when I start it up I get this message:

For Realtek RTL8139 (X) /8130/ 810 X PCI Fast Ethernet Controller v2.13 (020326)
PXE - E61: Media test failure, check cable of
PXE - M0F: Exit PXE ROM

I think my laptop is trying to boot from LAN because that does not recognize the hard drive, but the drive is ok, I tried on another computer with problem. Sometimes, not always, and I don't know why, I can start from the CD. If I boot from the Windows XP installation disk, I can access the hard drive. I've run fixboot and fixmbr hard disk, but that does not change. The bios recognizes the hard drive. BIOS vertsion is 1.20. I tried to upgrade the BIOS, but I need to Windows, so...

Thank you very much and sorry for my English :)

Luis

Hello!

To message PXE, you can consult this document:
http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/KB0/TSB8A02G90000R01.htm

I think that your HARD drive or disc HARD controller of the motherboard is faulty, but I don't know m.
Have you checked the HARD drive with a special tool for this? The Drive Fitness Test can check the HARD drive for bad sectors or something else:
http://www.HitachiGST.com/HDD/support/download.htm#DFT

Take the test and post your result!

Good bye

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