Procedure 2 Partition Check - Toshiba satellite A20 series Maintenance Manual

2.6 HDD Troubleshooting
Procedure 2 Partition Check
Insert the Toshiba MS-DOS system disk and restart the computer. Perform the following checks:
Check 1 Type C: and press Enter. If you cannot change to the drive C, go to Check 2. If you
can change to drive C, go to Check 3.
Check 2 Type FDISK and press Enter. Choose Display Partition Information from the
FDISK menu. If the drive C is listed, go to Check 3. If the drive C is not listed,
return to the FDISK menu and choose the option to create a DOS partition on the
drive C. Restart the computer from the Toshiba MS-DOS system disk. If the
problem still exists, go to Procedure 3.
Check 3 If the drive C is listed as active in the FDISK menu, go to Check 4. If the drive C is
not listed as active, return to the FDISK menu and choose the option to set the active
partition for the drive C. Restart the computer. If the problem still exists, go to
Check 4.
Check 4 Type DIR C: and press Enter. If the following message appears, go to Procedure 3.
If contents of drive C are listed on the display, go to Check 5.
Invalid media type reading drive C
Abort, Retry, Fail?
Check 5 Using the SYS command on the Toshiba MS-DOS system disk, install system files on
the HDD.
If the following message appears on the display, the system files have been
transferred to the HDD. Restart the computer. If the problem still exists, go to
Procedure 3.
System transferred
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