Troubleshooting

Flowchart 2.13—No OS Loading from Diskette Drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y

 

OS not loading

Reseat

OS

Done

 

from

 

 

 

 

 

 

diskette drive.

loading?

 

 

 

diskette drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

N

Y

Nonsystem

disk message?

N

 

N

 

Boot

Go to

 

 

Section 2.17,

from another

 

 

Nonfunctioning

device?

 

 

Device.

Y

 

 

 

 

 

Diskette

N

 

Enable drive

 

drive enabled

 

 

and cold boot

in the setup

 

 

computer.

utility?

 

 

 

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y

 

 

 

 

Clear CMOS.

 

 

 

 

 

Diskette

 

 

Refer to Section

 

drive boot

 

 

1.2, “Clearing a

 

order?

 

 

Password,” for

N

 

 

instructions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change boot

 

 

Go to

 

 

 

Section 2.17,

 

priority using

 

 

 

 

 

Nonfunctioning

 

the setup utility.

 

 

 

 

 

Device.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N

 

 

Bootable

Install bootable

 

 

 

 

diskette

 

 

diskette and

 

in drive?

 

 

reboot computer.

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check diskette

 

 

 

 

for system files.

 

 

 

 

Try different

 

 

 

 

diskette.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Replace

 

Nonsystem

 

 

diskette drive.

 

disk error?

 

 

2. Replace system

N

 

 

board.

Y

 

 

 

OS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Done

 

loading?

 

 

 

 

 

 

N

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