HP Evo Notebook PC n110 Compaq Armada 110 and Compaq Evo N110 Maintenance and - Page 39

No OS Loading from Hard Drive, Part 2

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Troubleshooting 2.11 No OS Loading from Hard Drive, Part 2 Continued from Section 2.10, No OS Loading from Hard Drive, Part 1. N CD or diskette in drive? Y 1. Replace hard drive. 2. Replace system board. Reseat hard drive. Y Access hard drive? Done Remove diskette and reboot. N Run FDISK. Y Boot from hard drive? N Done N Boot from diskette drive? Y Go to Section 2.12, No OS Loading from Diskette Drive. N Access hard drive? Y Go to Section 2.13, No OS Loading from Hard Drive, Part 3. Done N Hard drive partition? Y Create partition, then format hard drive to bootable C:\ prompt. N Hard drive formatted? Y Format hard drive and bring to a bootable C:\ Y prompt. Computer boot? N Go to Section 2.13, No OS Loading from Hard Drive, Part 3. Load OS using Restore CD if applicable (see note). 2-14 Maintenance and Service Guide

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Maintenance and Service Guide
Troubleshooting
2.11 No OS Loading from Hard Drive, Part 2
Continued from
Section 2.10,
No OS Loading
from Hard Drive,
Part 1.
Reseat
hard drive.
Done
CD or
diskette in
drive?
1. Replace hard
drive.
2. Replace system
board.
Go to
Section 2.12,
No OS Loading
from Diskette
Drive.
Load OS using
Restore CD
if applicable
(see note).
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
Access
hard
drive?
Y
N
Access
hard drive?
Done
Run FDISK.
Y
N
Hard drive
partition?
Hard drive
formatted?
Y
N
Y
N
Computer
boot?
Done
Y
N
Go to
Section 2.13,
No OS Loading
from Hard Drive,
Part 3.
Go to
Section 2.13,
No OS Loading
from Hard Drive,
Part 3.