HP Compaq Presario,Presario 1800-XL1 User Manual page 123

Symptom Problem
Hard drive Part of the hard
error message drive failed.
is displayed.
"Non-system A diskette that does
disk or disk not contain system
error" message files needed to start
is displayed. your Notebook is in
the diskette drive.
System files
are damaged.
Hard Drive
Solution
Insert an emergency diskette
that has been created for your
operating system in the
diskette drive.
1. Restart your Notebook.
This operation rebuilds the
system files on your
hard disk.
2. When the operation is
complete, restart
your Notebook.
For further assistance call the
Compaq Customer Support
number for your region.
When drive activity stops,
remove the diskette and press
the Spacebar to continue the
startup process.
Insert a startup diskette that
has been created for your
operating system in the
diskette drive.
1. Restart your Notebook.
2. At the A:\ prompt, type
SYS C: and press Enter.
The following message is
displayed: 'SYSTEM
TRANSFERRED'. This
operation restores the
system files to your
hard disk.
3. Restart your Notebook.