Hard Drive - Compaq Presario Series Maintenance And Service Manual

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TROUBLESHOOTING
Clearing CMOS
Troubleshooting Without Diagnostics (continued)
Power-On Self
Test (POST)
Configuration
Diagnostic error
Problem
codes
Hard drive error
Troubleshooting occurs.
without
diagnostics
Drive not found.
Disk transaction
problem.
Nonsystem disk
message.
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Compaq Presario EZ2000 Series Computers
Troubleshooting
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Probable cause(s)
Hard disk has bad
sectors or has failed.
Cable could be
loose.
Either the directory
structure is bad or
there is a problem
with a file.
The system is trying
to start from a
diskette that is not
bootable.

Hard drive

Possible solution
Run Computer Setup.
Reformat the hard disk.
Check cable connections.
From the desktop click on the Start menu. Choose
Program Accessories
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Scandisk to check for problems. If problems exist,
(900
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 System Tools
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(900
Remove the diskette from the diskette drive.
bytes)
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System Tools
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(900 (900
bytes) bytes)
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Disk Defragmenter.
(900
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bytes)
(900
bytes)