Troubleshooting
Maintenance and Service Guide 2–21
Flowchart 2.11—No OS Loading from
Hard Drive, Part 2
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Flowchart
2.10—No OS
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Hard Drive, Part 1.
Reseat
hard drive.
Done
CD or
diskette in
drive?
1. Replace hard
drive.
2. Replace
system board.
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Flowchart
2.13—No OS
Loading from
Diskette Drive.
Load OS using
Restore disc
(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
Hard drive
accessible?
Y
N
Hard drive
accessible?
Done
Run FDISK.
Y
N
Hard drive
partitioned?
Hard drive
formatted?
Y
N
Y
N
Tablet PC
booted?
Done
Y
N
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Flowchart
2.12—No OS
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Hard Drive, Part 3.
Go to
Flowchart
2.12—No OS
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Hard Drive, Part 3.