Troubleshooting

Flowchart 2.13—No OS Loading from CD- or DVD-ROM Drive

 

 

Y

N

No OS

 

Disc

Bootable

Loading from

 

 

disc in

CD- or

 

in drive?

 

drive?

DVD-ROM Drive.

N

 

 

Y

Install bootable

disc and

reboot

notebook.

Install

 

Try another

bootable disc.

 

bootable disc.

 

 

 

Y

Boots from

Done

 

CD or DVD?

 

 

 

N

 

 

Y

 

 

 

Boots from

 

 

 

Reseat

 

 

 

Done

drive.

 

CD or DVD?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Booting

 

 

Go to

 

 

 

 

Section 2.16,

 

 

from another

 

 

Nonfunctioning

 

 

device?

 

 

Device.

 

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Booting

Clear CMOS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Refer to Section

 

 

order

 

 

1.3, “Clearing a

 

 

correct?

 

 

Password,” for

 

N

 

 

instructions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Correct boot

 

 

 

 

 

order using

 

 

 

 

 

the setup utility.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go to

Section 2.16,

Nonfunctioning

Device.

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