HP DV1270 manual Flowchart 2.11-No OS Loading, Hard Drive, Part

Troubleshooting

Flowchart 2.11—No OS Loading, Hard Drive, Part 2

Continued from

“Flowchart

2.10—No OS

Loading,

Hard Drive, Part 1.”

N

CD or

diskette in

drive?

Y

1.Replace hard drive.

2.Replace system board.

Reseat

hard drive.

Y

Hard drive	Done
accessible?

Remove

diskette and

reboot.

	Y
Boot
from		Done
hard drive?
N	N
		Go to
Boot		“Flowchart
from diskette		2.13—No OS
drive?		Loading,
Y		Diskette Drive.”

N

Hard drive

accessible?

Y Done

Go to

“Flowchart

2.12—No OS

Loading,

Hard Drive, Part 3.”

N

Run FDISK.

			N
					Create partition,
		Hard drive			and then format
						hard drive to
		partitioned?
						bootable
Y						C:\ prompt.
			N
		Hard drive
Y		formatted?
			Format hard drive
			and bring to
			a bootable
Y			C:\ prompt.
		Computer
		booted?			Load OS using
			N		System Restore
				CD (if applicable).
		Go to
		“Flowchart
		2.12—No OS
		Loading,
	Hard Drive, Part 3.”

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