Hard Disk Drive Troubleshooting; Procedure 1 Partition Check; Procedure 1 - Toshiba Satellite T130 Maintenance Manual

Chapter 2 Troubleshooting Procedures
2.5 SATA Hard Disk Drive Troubleshooting
To check if HDD is malfunctioning or not, follow the troubleshooting procedures below as
instructed.
Procedur e 1: Partition Check
Procedure
Procedur e
Procedure 4:
Procedure 5: Conn
CAUTION: The contents
procedures are executed. Transfer the contents of the hard disk to other
storage drive(s). For the backup, refer to the User's Manual.

Procedure 1

Partition Check
Insert the Toshiba Free-DOS system disk and sta
checks:
Input C: and press Enter. If you cannot change to drive C, go to Ch
Check 1
can change to drive C, go to Procedure 2.
Check 2 Input FDISK and press Enter. Choose Display Partition Information from the
FDISK menu. If drive C is listed in the Display Partition Information, go to Check
3. If drive C is not listed, return to the FDISK menu and choose the option to
create a DOS partition or a logical DOS drive on drive C. If the problem still
occurs, go to Procedure 2.
C heck 3 If drive C is listed as active in the FDISK menu, go to Check 4. If drive C is not
listed as active, return to the FDISK menu and choose the option to set the active
partition for drive C. Then go to Procedure 2.
C heck 4 Remove the system disk from the FDD and reboot the computer. If the problem
still occurs, go to Procedure 2. Otherwise, the 2.5" HDD is operating normally.
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2: Message Check
3: Format Check
Diagnostic Test Program Execution Check
ector Check and Replacement Check
of the hard disk will be erased when the HDD troubleshooting
rt the computer. Perform the following
eck 2. If you