HP (Hewlett-Packard) 425 Laptop User Manual


 
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Floppy Drive Problems (continued)
A
Clean boot:
Ctrl Alt Del, press
F5 during boot
Run short self-
test twice
Can
you swap with known
good drive and
cable?
With original OB
turned on,
connect good
drive and cable
Good drive
works OK?
With known good
OB turned on,
connect original
drive and cable
Drive works
OK?
Done
With known good
OB turned on,
connect original
drive and cable
Original drive
works OK?
Original OB base
unit bad
Original drive
works OK?
Original drive or
cable bad
Suspect software
problem
Suspect software
problem
Drive passes
self-test OK?
Done: Suspect
bad drive
Suspect software
problem (proceed
to B)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No