Quote Originally Posted by UnderScore
Where & when do you get that message? Does it successfully boot from the HD?
It appears before it boots from the HD. Here is the full message.
PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel Boot Agent.

No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key

NOTE: I'm doing the install remotly. My helper at the other end skills are limited to inserting/removing a CD and doing a few BIOS things.

I've asked my helper to check the boot device order and put the HD before the CD. The HDD came with a partitioning CD that when run from the booting asked the user to select an OS. Linux was not an option WinXP was selected.

The new error message is
NTLDR is missing
Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart

This would guess that its trying to boot from the HDD?? Could this HDD/Motherboard be designed to run windows only?