Compaq Armada 7700 Armada 7700 Family of Personal Computers Reference Guide - Page 169

Solving Hard Drive Problems CAUTION: Maintain an up-to-date backup of your hard drive in case of errors or failures. Problem Cannot access hard drive. Reading the hard drive takes an unusually long time after restarting the computer. Hard drive error occurs. Possible Cause Solution Hard drive is not seated properly. Shut down the computer, remove and reinsert the hard drive, then turn on the computer. Hard drive was inserted while computer was on, in Suspend, or in Hibernation. Shut down computer, then turn it on again. The hard drive is initialized when the computer is turned on. Hard drive may be damaged. If the hard drive is in the MultiBay, try inserting another removable drive. Contact your Compaq authorized service provider. System is exiting from Give the system time to Hibernation. restore the previously saved data to its exact state before Hibernation. Hard drive has bad sectors or has failed. In Explorer, click the drive letterÆFileÆ PropertiesÆError CheckingÆToolsÆ Check Now button. Run Computer Checkup to test the drive. (Refer to Chapter 14.) Continued 16-12 Troubleshooting