Compaq 7000 Series Maintenance And Service Manual page 186

Disk transaction
problem.
Nonsystem disk
message.
Hard drive operation
seems slow, or hard
drive activity light is
not on, or stays on
without blinking.
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Problem
Either the directory
structure is bad or there is
a problem with a file.
The system is trying to
start from a disk that is
not bootable.
The system is trying to
start from the hard drive
but the hard disk is
damaged.
Disk boot is disabled in
Computer Setup.
The hard disk files may be
fragmented.
Hardware Installation
Probable Cause(s)
From the desktop click on
the Start menu, Programs,
Accessories, System Tools,
and check for problems. If
problems exist, checkmark
the "Automatically fix
errors" box at the bottom
to correct the problems. If
a large enough allocation
unit is found, click on the
Start button and choose
Programs, Accessories,
System Tools, Disk
Defragmenter.
Remove the disk from the
disk drive.
Insert a bootable disk into
the disk drive and restart
the computer with
Ctrl+Alt+Del.
Run Computer Setup and
enable disk drives.
From the desktop click on
the Start menu, Programs,
Accessories, System Tools,
and check for problems. If
problems exist, checkmark
the "Automatically fix
errors" box at the bottom
to correct the problems. If
a large enough allocation
unit is found, click on the
Start button and choose
Programs, Accessories,
System Tools, Disk
Defragmenter.
Possible Solutions