Troubleshooting

Flowchart 2.13—No OS Loading, 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

 

Flowchart

from another

 

 

2.17—Nonfunc-

device?

 

 

tioning Device.

Y

 

 

 

N

 

Diskette

 

Enable drive

drive enabled

 

 

and cold boot

in the Setup

 

 

notebook.

utility?

 

 

 

Y

 

Y

 

 

Clear CMOS.

 

Is diskette

Refer to

 

drive boot

Section 1.3

 

order

”Clearing a

 

correct?

Password” for

N

instructions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change boot

 

Go to

 

 

Flowchart

 

priority using

 

 

 

2.17—Nonfunc-

 

the Setup utility.

 

 

 

tioning Device.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N

 

Bootable

 

 

Install bootable

 

diskette

 

 

diskette and

 

in drive?

 

 

reboot notebook.

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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