Compaq 1800 Laptop User Manual


 
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OLUTIONS
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RESARIO
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OTEBOOK
B
EYOND
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ETUP
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UIDE
1800 S
ERIES
Hard Drive
Symptom Problem Solution
Hard drive
error message
is displayed.
Part of the hard
drive failed.
Insert an emergency diskette
that has been created for your
operating system in the
diskette drive.
1. Restart your Notebook.
This operation rebuilds the
system files on your
hard disk.
2. When the operation is
complete, restart
your Notebook.
For further assistance call the
Compaq Customer Support
number for your region.
“Non-system
disk or disk
error” message
is displayed.
A diskette that does
not contain system
files needed to start
your Notebook is in
the diskette drive.
When drive activity stops,
remove the diskette and press
the Spacebar to continue the
startup process.
System files
are damaged.
Insert a startup diskette that
has been created for your
operating system in the
diskette drive.
1. Restart your Notebook.
2. At the A:\ prompt, type
SYS C: and press Enter.
The following message is
displayed: ‘SYSTEM
TRANSFERRED’. This
operation restores the
system files to your
hard disk.
3. Restart your Notebook.