Toshiba EQUIUM L300D Laptop User Manual


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2.52.5-inchHDD 2Troubleshooting
SatelliteL300D/L305D/SatelliteProL300D/EQUIUML300D/SATEGOL300DMaintenanceManual 2-11
2.5 2.5-inchHDD
Tocheckifthe9.5mmor12.5mmHDDisdefectiveormalfunctioning,followthe
troubleshootingproceduresbelowasinstructed.
Procedure1MessageCheck
Procedure2PartitionCheck
Procedure3FormatCheck
Procedure4TestProgramCheck
Procedure5ConnectorCheckandReplacementCheck
CAUTION:ThecontentsoftheHDDwillbeerasedwhentheHDDdiagnostictestor
formattingisexecuted.SavetherequiredcontentsoftheHDDtofloppydisksorother
storagedriveinadvance.
Procedure1MessageCheck
Whenthecomputer'sHDDdoesnotfunctionproperly,someofthefollowingerrormessages
mayappearonthedisplay.FollowthestepsbelowtochecktheHDD.
Check1 Ifeitherofthefollowingmessagesappears,gotoProcedure2.Ifthe
followingmessagesdonotappear,performCheck3.
Insertsystemdiskindrive
Pressanykeywhenready.....
Or
Non-Systemdiskordiskerror
Replaceandpressanykey
Check2 CheckTSETUPtoseeiftheHardDiskoptionhasbeensetto“Notused”.
Ifso,chooseanothersettingandrestartthecomputer.Iftheproblem
persists,gotoProcedure2.
Procedure2PartitionCheck
BootfromtheDOSsystem.Performthefollowingchecks:
Check1 TypeC:andpresstheEnterkey.IfyoucannotchangetodriveC,
performCheck2.IfyoucanchangetodriveC,performCheck3.
Check2 TypeFDISKandpresstheEnterkey.Choose“Displaypartition
information”fromtheFDISKmenu.IfdriveCislisted,performCheck3.
IfdriveCisnotlisted,returntotheFDISKmenuandchoosetheoptionto
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