PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable error.

Question

Hi guys, I recently bought an Inspiron 5559 (4 weeks ago) with Windows 10 Home. I installed a 'Dell' update two days ago in which the laptop automatically downloaded, and now my laptop won't boot to Windows. I am getting the above message, 'PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable.' Also with a 'PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM.' and 'No boot device found. Press any key to reboot the machine.' I have read multiple threads on forums with no fix. Now this issue only started once I installed the 'Dell' update so I'm assuming it's because of that. I checked the BIOS and the laptop was attempting to boot from a disk drive, which I changed to the HDD, with no result. I performed a system diagnostic and it said everything was fine, as I thought maybe the HDD had died.. Now I have played around with it, pressed 'f12' and tried a manual boot from the Partition drive.. And Windows started! So I can get back into Windows, hadn't lost anything, and all is fine. Until I turn the laptop off, and it does the same again, until I go in manually and boot from the partition drive. Does anyone have a better, more permanent, fix for me please??

ejn63 · Answer

Go into setup (F2 at powerup) and make sure legacy boot is DISABLED.

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