Solving Hard Drive Problems - Compaq Armada M700 Series Reference Manual

Problem
Accessing
information on
the hard drive
is much slower
than usual.
Hard drive does
not work.
Errors occur
after starting
from an
additional
hard drive.
System does not
recognize a hard
drive.
DriveLock
settings cannot
be accessed in
Computer Setup.

Solving Hard Drive Problems

Possible Cause
Hard drive entered low
power state due to
timeout and is now
exiting from it.
Hard drive is
fragmented/not optimized
or has errors
Hard drive is not seated
properly.
Additional hard drive
has not been specially
prepared with necessary
software.
The drive is not seated
properly.
The drive is damaged.
The drive was inserted
while system was on or in
Suspend or Hibernation.
The DriveLock settings
are accessible only when
you enter Computer Setup
by turning on (not
restarting) the computer.
Solution
Wait for the system to
restore the previously
saved data to its state
prior to initiating a low
power state.
Run ScanDisk and Disk
Defragmenter
Turn off and unplug the
computer, remove the
hard drive, and reinsert
the hard drive.
Boot from the original hard
drive or a specially
prepared hard drive.
Remove, then reinsert the
drive.
Try using the hard drive in
another bay (for example,
a docking base) to verify
that the problem is with
the drive. Run ScanDisk
on the drive.
Shut down the computer
before inserting removing
a hard drive.
Completely turn off the
computer. Turn the
computer back on, then
run Computer Setup by
pressing F10 when the
blinking cursor light
appears in the upper-right
corner of the screen.
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