HP NX9500 Flowchart 2.11—NoOS 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	1. Replace
	hard drive.
diskette in
	2. Replace
drive?
	system board.

Y

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.”

Reseat

hard drive.

Y

Hard drive	Done
accessible?

N

Run FDISK.

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

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