Compaq Presario Series Maintenance And Service Manual page 171

The system is trying
to start from the
hard drive but the
hard disk has been
damaged.
Diskette boot has
been disabled in
Computer Setup.
Hard drive The hard disk files
operation seems
may be fragmented.
slow
OR
Hard drive
activity light is
not on,
or stays on
without blinking.
Problem Probable cause(s)
A new device is When the system advised you of
not recognized changes to the configuration,
as part of the you did not save the changes.
computer system.
The system may not have
automatically recognized the new
device.
The cables for the new external
device are loose, or the power
cables are unplugged.
Insert a bootable diskette into the diskette drive
and restart the computer with Ctrl+Alt+Del.
Run Computer Setup
From the desktop click on the Start menu. Choose
Program Accessories
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Scandisk to check for problems. If problems exist,
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run Scandisk and checkmark the "Automatically fix
bytes)
errors" box at the bottom to correct the problems.
If a large number of lost allocation units is found,
click on the Start menu. Choose Program
Accessories
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Hardware installation
Possible solutions
Reboot the computer and follow the
instructions for saving the changes.
Run
new device.
Check all cables.
and enable diskette boot.
System Tools
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bytes)
System Tools Disk Defragmenter.
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(900
bytes)
Computer Setup and identify the
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bytes)
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