Flowchart 2.11—No Os Loading, Hard Drive, Part - HP Compaq nc8000 Maintenance And Service Manual

Flowchart 2.11—No OS Loading, Hard Drive, Part 2
Continued from
"Flowchart 2.10—No
OS Loading, Hard
Drive, Part 1"
CD or
diskette in
drive?
Y
Remove
diskette and
reboot.
Boot
from
hard drive?
N
Boot
from diskette
drive?
Y
Hard drive
accessible?
Y
Go to
"Flowchart 2.12—No
OS Loading, Hard
Drive, Part 3"
Maintenance and Service Guide
N
1. Replace hard
drive.
2. Replace system
board.
Y
Done
N
Go to
"Flowchart 2.13—No
OS Loading, Diskette
Drive"
N
Done
Reseat
hard drive.
Hard drive
accessible?
N
Run FDISK.
Hard drive
partitioned?
Y
Hard drive
formatted?
Y
Y
Notebook
booted?
Go to
"Flowchart 2.12—No
OS Loading, Hard
Drive, Part 3"
Troubleshooting
Y
Done
N
Create partition,
then format hard
drive to bootable
C:\ prompt.
N
Format hard drive
and bring to
a bootable
C:\ prompt.
Load OS using
System Restore CD
(if applicable).
N
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