Toshiba A200 manual Troubleshooting Procedures HDD Troubleshooting, Procedure 2 Partition Check

2 Troubleshooting Procedures 2.6 HDD Troubleshooting

Check 3 Check SETUP to see whether the Hard Disk option is set to Not used. If it is set to Not used, choose another setting and return to Check 1. If it is not set to Not used, go to procedure 2.

Procedure 2 Partition Check

Insert the Toshiba MS-DOS system disk and start the computer. Perform the following checks:

Check 1 Type C: and press Enter. If you cannot change to drive C, go to Check 2. If you can change to drive C, go to Procedure 2.

Check 2 Type FDISK and press Enter. Choose Display Partition Information from the FDISK menu. If drive C is listed in the Display Partition Information, go to Check 3. If drive C is not listed, return to the FDISK menu and choose the option to create a DOS partition or a logical DOS drive on drive C. If the problem still exists, go to Procedure 2.

Check 3 If drive C is listed as active in the FDISK menu, go to Check 4. If drive C is not listed as active, return to the FDISK menu and choose the option to set the active partition for drive C. Then go to Procedure 2.

Check 4 Remove the system disk from the FDD and reboot the computer. If the problem still exists, go to Procedure 2. Otherwise, the HDD is operating normally.

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