Hard Drive Problems - Compaq Prosignia 170 Series Maintenance & Service Manual

System cannot
start up from
diskette or
SuperDisk LS-120
drive.
Problem
Accessing information
on the hard drive is
much slower than
usual.
Hard drive does not
work.
System does not
recognize a hard
drive.
Diskette is write-protected.
Writing to the wrong drive.
Not enough space is left on
the diskette.
Drive is disabled.
Disable diskette write ability is
turned on.
A bootable diskette is not in
the drive.
Diskette bootability is disabled
in Computer Setup.
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Hard Drive Problems

Possible Cause
Hard drive entered low power
state due to timeout and is
now exiting from it.
Hard drive is fragmented/not
optimized or has errors.
Hard drive is not seated
properly.
Errors occur after starting
from an additional hard drive.
The drive is not seated
properly.
The drive is damaged.
Use another diskette that is
not write-protected or
disable the write-protect
feature.
Check the drive letter in your
path statement.
Save the information to
another diskette.
Enable the proper drive
through Device Manager.
Run Computer Setup. Select
the Storage icon. Make sure
Disable diskette write ability
is not checked.
Verify that a diskette with
the necessary system files is
in the drive.
Enable diskette bootability in
Computer Setup, Security
menu.
Solution
Wait for the system to
restore the previously
saved data to its state prior
to initiating a low power
state.
Run ScanDisk and Disk
Defragmenter.
Turn off and unplug the
computer, remove the hard
drive, and reinsert the hard
drive.
Additional hard drive has
not been specially prepared
with necessary software.
Boot from the original hard
drive or a specially
prepared hard drive.
Remove, then reinsert the
drive.
Try using the hard drive in
another bay to verify that
the problem is with the
drive.