HP LTE Notebook PC 5250 LTE 5000 Family of Personal Computers Maintenance and - Page 66

Setup. the Initialization menu. Solving Hard Drive Problems Some common causes and solutions for hard drive problems are listed in the following table. CAUTION To prevent loss of information, always maintain an up-to-date backup of your hard drive at all times, in case of errors or failures. Table 2-19. Solving Hard Drive Problems Problem Probable Cause Solution(s) Reading hard drive System entered Give the system time to takes an unusually Hibernation due to restore the previously long time after low-battery condition saved data to its exact restarting the and is now exiting from state before Hibernation. computer. it. Hard drive error Hard drive has bad Run Computer Checkup from occurs. sectors or has failed. the Compaq Diagnostics diskette. See POST error messages. Errors occur after Additional hard drive Boot from the original booting from an does not have the LTE LTE 5000 hard drive or a additional hard 5000 software. hard drive that has been drive. prepared with the LTE 5000 software. Computer does not Additional hard drive Verify that the restart after does not have secondary additional drive has the additional hard drive capability secondary-drive icon. See drive is inserted. Appendix C. Hard drive does not Hard drive is not seated Turn off the computer, work. properly. remove and reinsert the hard drive, then turn the computer on. Hard drive was removed and replaced while computer was on, in Standby, or in Hibernation. Turn off computer; then turn it on again. Hard drive is damaged. Replace the hard drive. Hard drive cannot Screw has been inserted Remove the screw from be removed. to secure drive in the bottom of the computer bay. computer.