Compaq N150 Laptop User Manual


 
2–14 Maintenance and Service Guide
Troubleshooting
2.11 No OS Loading from Hard Drive, Part 2
Continued from
Section 2.10,
No OS Loading
from Hard Drive,
Part 1
Reseat
hard drive.
Done
CD or
diskette in
drive?
1. Replace hard
drive.
2.Replace system
board.
Go to
Section 2.13,
No OS Loading
from Diskette
Drive.
Load OS using
Restore CD if
applicable.
Format hard drive
and bring to a
bootable C:\
prompt.
Create partition,
then format hard
drive to bootable
C:\ prompt.
Boot
from diskette
drive?
Remove
diskette and
reboot.
Y
N
Boot
from
hard drive?
Y
N
Y
N
Access
hard
drive?
Y
N
Access
hard drive?
Done
Run FDISK.
Y
N
Hard drive
partition?
Hard drive
formatted?
Y
N
Y
N
Computer
boot?
Done
Y
N
Go to
Section 2.12,
No OS Loading
from Hard Drive,
Part 3.
Go to
Section 2.12,
No OS Loading
from Hard Drive,
Part 3.