Hard Drive

Symptom

Problem

Solution

Hard drive

Part of the hard

Insert an emergency diskette

error message

drive failed.

that has been created for your

is displayed.

 

operating system in the

 

 

diskette drive.

 

 

1. Restart your Notebook.

 

 

This operation rebuilds the

 

 

system files on your

 

 

hard disk.

 

 

2. When the operation is

 

 

complete, restart

 

 

your Notebook.

 

 

For further assistance call the

 

 

Compaq Customer Support

 

 

number for your region.

 

 

 

“Non-system

A diskette that does

When drive activity stops,

disk or disk

not contain system

remove the diskette and press

error” message

files needed to start

the Spacebar to continue the

is displayed.

your Notebook is in

startup process.

 

the diskette drive.

 

 

 

 

 

System files

Insert a startup diskette that

 

are damaged.

has been created for your

 

 

operating system in the

 

 

diskette drive.

 

 

1. Restart 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. Restart your Notebook.

 

 

 

9-18 SOLUTIONS

PRESARIO MOBILE INTERNET PC BEYOND SETUP GUIDE

 

800 SERIES