Diskette Drive - Compaq 4103TH Getting Started Manual

Hewlett-packard desktop pc getting started
Table of Contents

Advertisement

Symptom
Not reading drive: "Abort,
Retry, Fail?" message appears.
"Non-system disk or disk
error" message is displayed.
M
P
—G
S
Y
RESARIO
ETTING
TARTED

Diskette Drive

Problem
A non-formatted
diskette has been
inserted.
Diskette is damaged.
A diskette that does
not contain system
files needed to start
your computer has
been inserted in drive.
Disk error has
occurred.
System files have been
damaged.
Hard drive has failed.
Solution
To format the diskette:
1. Double-click the My Computer
the Windows desktop.
2. Select the diskette (A) drive.
3. Click File, and point to Format.
4. Select desired options, and click Start to
begin formatting the diskette.
Replace the diskette with a new one.
When drive activity stops, remove the diskette
and press the Spacebar. Computer should start
up.
Restart your computer by pressing the Start/
Reset button. If the error returns, see the next
problem "System files have been damaged."
1. Insert a start-up disk in the diskette drive.
2. Restart your computer.
3. At the A:> prompt, type SYS C: and press the
Enter key. The following message is
displayed: SYSTEM TRANSFERRED. This task
will restore the system files to the hard disk.
4. Restart your computer.
Call Compaq Technical Support. Refer to your
Certificate of Warranty for details.
g
icon on
N
S
H
? 5-7
EED
OME
ELP

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading

This manual is also suitable for:

Compaq presario,presario 4103Presario 4103

Table of Contents