Compaq N1000 manual Flowchart 2.11 No OS Loading from Hard Drive, Part

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

diskette in

drive?

Y

Remove

diskette and

reboot.

Y

Boot from

hard drive?

N

N

Boot from

diskette

drive?

Y

N

Hard drive

accessible?

Y

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	Reseat
	hard drive.
1. Replace hard		Y
drive.
2. Replace	Hard drive
system board.		Done
	accessible?
	N
	Run FDISK.
		N
Done	Hard drive	Create partition,
		then format hard
	partitioned?	drive to bootable
	Y	C:\ prompt.
Go to		N
Flowchart 2.13,	Hard drive
No OS Loading	formatted?
from Diskette
Drive.	Y
		Format hard drive
		and bring to a
		bootable C:\
	Y	prompt.
	Computer
	booted?

	Load OS using
Done	Restore CD
N	(if applicable).

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