Compaq N160 manual No OS Loading from Hard Drive, Part

Troubleshooting

2.10 No OS Loading from Hard Drive, Part 1

OS not

loading from

hard drive.

Y

Nonsystem

disk message?

N

Reseat

external

hard drive.

Go to

Section 2.11,

No OS Loading from Hard Drive, Part 2.

Y

OS loading?

N

N

Boot from CD?

Y

Check the setup utility for correct booting order.

N

Boot from

hard drive?

Y

Done

Done

N

Boot from diskette?

Y

Change boot

priority through the setup utility and reboot.

N

Boot from

hard drive?

Y

Go to

Section 2.13,

No OS

Loading from Diskette Drive.

Go to

Section 2.17,

Nonfunctioning

Device.

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