Hard Disk Drive/Flash Card And System Rom (End User Replaceable) - HP OmniBook 300 Service Manual

Hard Disk Drive/Flash Card and System ROM
(End User Replaceable)
The Hard Disk Drives for the OmniBook 300, 425, 430, and 530 can be reimaged if necessary.
If the software is corrupted, or otherwise damaged, on the hard drive, it can be reformatted and
the software reloaded. Also, if the hard drive fails and must be replaced, a blank hard drive can
be ordered and the appropriate software loaded. The below procedures indicate the proper
actions necessary for reloading software on each OmniBook model.
For the OmniBook 300 and 425:
1. Place the hard drive into the OmniBook.
2. Reformat the hard drive.
3. Run OBSETUP /F from the System ROM to reload the software onto the hard drive.
For the OmniBook 430:
1. Place the hard drive into the OmniBook.
2. Reboot and press Alt then D to boot from the System ROM.
3. Reformat the hard drive.
4. Reload the software image from a set of OmniBook 430 Recovery Disks. The Recovery
Disks are available on the HP Internal WW Web at
http://webmcd.cv.hp.com/prodsupp/archive/.
For the OmniBook 530:
1. Place the hard drive into the OmniBook.
2. Boot from the Companion Disk or other bootable floppy disk.
3. Reformat the hard drive.
4. Reload the software image from a set of OmniBook 530 Recovery Disks. The Recovery
Disks are available on the HP Internal WW Web at
http://webmcd.cv.hp.com/prodsupp/archive/.
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