Troubleshooting Without Diagnostics

Solving Hard Drive Problems (Continued)

Problem

Cause

Solution

 

 

 

Drive not found (identified).

Drive jumper settings

If the drive is a Master drive, set the

(continued)

may be incorrect.

jumper on the back of the drive to

 

 

Master or Cable Select. If the drive

 

 

is a Slave drive, set the jumper to

 

 

Slave or Cable Select.

 

 

 

 

Drive’s controller is

Run Computer Setup and enable all

 

disabled in Computer

the IDE and SATA controllers in

 

Setup.

Storage > Storage Options.

 

 

 

 

Drive responds slowly

Run Computer Setup and increase

 

immediately after

the POST Delay in Advanced >

 

power-up.

Power-On Options.

 

 

 

Nonsystem disk/NTLDR

The system is trying to

Remove the diskette from the diskette

missing message.

start from a diskette that

drive.

 

is not bootable.

 

The system is trying to start from the hard drive but the hard drive may have been damaged.

1.Insert a bootable diskette into the diskette drive and restart the computer.

2.Check the hard drive format using fdisk:

If NTFS formatting, use a third party reader to evaluate the drive.

If FAT32 formatting, the hard drive cannot be accessed. Replace the MBR image.

3.If the hard drive is still inaccessible after booting to a diskette and MBR Security is enabled, you may try restoring the previously saved

MBR image. To do so, enter Computer Setup and select

Security > Restore Master Boot Record.

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