Troubleshooting

Flowchart 2.11 - No OS Loading from Hard Drive, Part 2

Continued from Flowchart 2.10, No OS Loading from Hard Drive, Part 1.

N

 

CD or

 

 

1. Replace hard

 

 

 

drive.

 

diskette in

 

 

 

 

 

2. Replace

 

drive?

 

 

 

 

 

system board.

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remove

 

 

 

 

diskette and

 

 

 

 

reboot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y

 

Boot from

 

 

Done

 

hard drive?

 

 

 

 

 

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boot from

 

 

Go to

 

 

 

Flowchart 2.13,

 

diskette drive?

 

 

No OS Loading

 

 

 

 

 

 

from Diskette

Y

 

 

Drive.

 

 

 

N

Hard drive

accessible?

Y

Done

Go to

Flowchart 2.12, No OS Loading from Hard Drive, Part 3.

Reseat

hard drive.

Y

Hard drive

accessible? Done

N

Run FDISK.

 

N

Hard drive

 

Create partition,

 

then format hard

partitioned?

 

drive to bootable

 

 

C:\ prompt.

Y

N

Hard drive formatted?

Y

Format hard drive and bring to a bootable C:\

Yprompt.

Computer

booted?

Load OS using

Restore CD

N(if applicable).

Go to

Flowchart 2.12, No OS Loading from Hard Drive, Part 3.

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