HP dx5150 Cause, Problem, Solution, Integrated Peripherals, Integrated Peripherals, Advanced BIOS Features, South OnChip PCI Device, South OnChip IDE Device and

		Troubleshooting Without Diagnostics

Solving Hard Drive Problems (Continued)

Problem	Cause	Solution

Drive not found (identified).	Drive’s controller is	Enter Computer Setup and enable
(continued)	disabled in Computer	all the IDE and SATA controllers in
	Setup.	Integrated Peripherals >
		South OnChip IDE Device and
		Integrated Peripherals >
		South OnChip PCI Device.

	Drive responds slowly	Enter Computer Setup and disable
	immediately after	the Quick Power On Self Test in
	power-up.	Advanced BIOS Features.

Nonsystem disk/NTLDR	The system is trying to	Remove the diskette from the
missing message.	start from a diskette that	diskette 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.

System files missing or	1.	Insert a bootable diskette into
not properly installed.		the diskette drive and restart the
		computer.
	2.	Check the hard drive format
		using Fdisk:

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

If FAT32 formatting, the hard drive cannot be accessed.

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