HP Compaq nx9600 Maintenance And Service Manual page 41

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