Hard Drive

Symptom

Problem

Solution

 

Hard drive

Part of the hard

Insert an emergency diskette

 

error message

drive failed.

that has been created for

 

is displayed.

 

your operating system in the

 

 

 

diskette drive.

 

 

 

1. Re-start your Notebook.

 

 

 

This operation rebuilds

 

 

 

the system files on your

 

 

 

hard disk.

 

 

 

2. When the operation is

 

 

 

complete, re-start

 

 

 

your Notebook.

 

 

 

For further assistance call

 

 

 

the Compaq Customer

 

 

 

Support number for

 

 

 

your region.

 

 

 

See additional Recovery

 

 

 

information provided with

 

 

 

your Presario Notebook.

 

 

 

 

 

“Non-system

A diskette that does

When drive activity stops,

 

disk or disk

not contain system

remove the diskette and

 

error” message

files needed to start

press the Spacebar to

 

is displayed.

your Notebook is in

continue the start-

 

 

the diskette drive.

up process.

 

 

 

 

 

 

System files

Insert a start-up diskette that

 

 

are damaged.

has been created for your

 

 

 

operating system in the

 

 

 

diskette drive.

 

 

 

1. Re-start your Notebook.

 

 

 

2. At the A:\ prompt, type

 

 

 

SYS C: and press Enter.

 

 

 

The following message is

 

 

 

displayed: ‘SYSTEM

 

 

 

TRANSFERRED’. This

 

 

 

operation restores the

 

 

 

system files to your

 

 

 

hard disk.

 

 

 

3. Re-start your Notebook.

 

 

 

 

PRESARIO NOTEBOOK BEYOND SET-UP GUIDE

 

SOLUTIONS 9-21

1200 SERIES

 

 

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