Compaq N150 manual From Section

Troubleshooting

2.11 No OS Loading from Hard Drive, Part 2

Continued from

Section 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

Access

hard

drive?

Y

Go to

Section 2.12,

No OS Loading from Hard Drive, Part 3.

	Reseat
	hard drive.
1. Replace hard	Y
drive.
2. Replace system	Access
board.		Done
	hard drive?
	N
	Run FDISK.
	N
Done	Hard drive	Create partition,
		then format hard
	partition?	drive to bootable
	Y	C:\ prompt.
Go to	N
Section 2.13,	Hard drive
No OS Loading	formatted?
from Diskette
Drive.	Y
	Format hard drive
	and bring to a
	bootable C:\
	Y	prompt.
	Computer
	boot?	Load OS using
Done	N	Restore CD if
		applicable.
	Go to
	Section 2.12,
	No OS Loading
	from Hard Drive,
	Part 3.

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