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Chapter 4 Trouble Shooting PROBLEM System does not boot from hard disk drive, can be booted from CD-ROM drive. PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Connector between hard When attempting to run Check cable running drive and system board the FDISK utility you get from disk to disk unplugged. a message, INVALID controller board. Make DRIVE sure both ends are SPECIFICATION. securely plugged in; check the drive type in the standard CMOS setup. Damaged hard disk or disk controller. Format hard disk; if Contact technical unable to do so the hard support. disk may be defective. Hard disk directory or FAT is scrambled. Run the FDISK program, Backing up the hard format the hard drive. drive is extremely Copy data that was important. All hard disks backed up onto hard are capable of breaking drive. down at any time. PROBLEM System only boots from CD-ROM. Hard disk can be read and applications can be used but booting from hard disk is impossible. PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS Hard disk boot program A number of causes has been destroyed. could be behind this. SOLUTION Back up data and applications files. Reformat the hard drive. Re-install applications and data using backup disks. 4-2

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Chapter 4
Trouble Shooting
4-2
PROBLEM
System does not boot from hard disk drive, can be booted from CD-ROM drive.
PROBABLE
CAUSE
DIAGNOSIS
SOLUTION
Connector between hard
drive and system board
unplugged.
When attempting to run
the FDISK utility you get
a message, INVALID
DRIVE
SPECIFICATION.
Check cable running
from disk to disk
controller board. Make
sure both ends are
securely plugged in;
check the drive type in
the standard CMOS
setup.
Damaged hard disk or
disk controller.
Format hard disk; if
unable to do so the hard
disk may be defective.
Contact technical
support.
Hard disk directory or
FAT is scrambled.
Run the FDISK program,
format the hard drive.
Copy data that was
backed up onto hard
drive.
Backing up the hard
drive is extremely
important. All hard disks
are capable of breaking
down at any time.
PROBLEM
System only boots from CD-ROM. Hard disk can be read and applications can be
used but booting from hard disk is impossible.
PROBABLE
CAUSE
DIAGNOSIS
SOLUTION
Hard disk boot program
has been destroyed.
A number of causes
could be behind this.
Back up data and
applications files.
Reformat the hard drive.
Re-install applications
and data using backup
disks.