Compaq Prolinea Family Maintenance & Serice Manual page 47

Drive not found.
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Nonsystem disk message.
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Hard drive operation seems
slow.
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Hard drive activity light
is not on, or stays on
without blinking.
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Hardware Installation Problems
This section identifies some quick checks for a hardware problems.
Table 2-20. Solutions for Hardware Installation Problems
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Problem
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A new device is not
recognized as part
Cable could be loose. Check cable
connections.
1. The system is trying to start from a
diskette that is not bootable. Remove the
diskette from the diskette drive.
2. The system is trying to start from the
hard drive but the hard disk has been
damaged. Insert a bootable diskette into
the diskette drive and restart the
computer with Ctrl+Alt+Del.
3. Diskette boot has been disabled in
Computer Setup. Run Computer Setup and
enable diskette boot.
The hard disk files may be fragmented.
At the C:\> prompt, run CHKDSK to check for
problems. If problems exist, run CHKDSK /F
to correct the problems. If a large number
of lost allocation units is found, run the
MS-DOS defragmentation program DEFRAG. See
the MICROSOFT WINDOWS & MS-DOS 6.2 USER'S
GUIDE for more information.
Alternatively, at the C:\> prompt, run
SCANDISK to check for problems. If problems
exist, run SCANDISK/AUTOFIX to correct the
problems. If a large number of lost
allocation units is found, run the MS-DOS
defragmentation program DEFRAG. Type HELP
SCANDISK for more information.
The hard disk files may be fragmented.
At the C:\> prompt, run CHKDSK to check for
problems. If problems exist, run CHKDSK /F
to correct the problems. If a large number
of lost allocation units is found, run the
MS-DOS defragmentation program DEFRAG. See
the MICROSOFT WINDOWS & MS-DOS 6.2 USER'S
GUIDE for more information.
Alternatively, at the C:\> prompt, run
SCANDISK to check for problems. If problems
exist, run SCANDISK/AUTOFIX to correct the
problems. If a large number of lost
allocation units is found, run the MS-DOS
defragmentation program DEFRAG. Type HELP
SCANDISK for more information.
Possible Solutions
1. When the system advised you of changes to
the configuration, they were ignored.