Compaq Armada m700 Getting Started and Troubleshooting: Compaq Armada M700 Ser - Page 48

Solving Hard Drive Problems Problem Possible Cause Solution Accessing information on the hard drive is much slower than usual. Hard drive entered low power state due to timeout and is now exiting from it. Wait for the system to restore the previously saved data to its state prior to initiating a low power state. Hard drive is Run ScanDisk and Disk fragmented/not optimized Defragmenter. or has errors Hard drive does Hard drive is not seated not work. properly. Turn off and unplug the computer, remove the hard drive, and reinsert the hard drive. Errors occur after starting from an additional hard drive. Additional hard drive has not been specially prepared with necessary software. Boot from the original hard drive or a specially prepared hard drive. System does not The drive is not seated recognize a hard properly. drive. Remove, then reinsert the drive. The drive is damaged. Try using the hard drive in another bay (for example, a docking base) to verify that the problem is with the drive. Run ScanDisk on the drive. The drive was inserted Shut down the computer while system was on or in before inserting removing Suspend or Hibernation. a hard drive. DriveLock settings cannot be accessed in Computer Setup. The DriveLock settings are accessible only when you enter Computer Setup by turning on (not restarting) the computer. Completely turn off the computer. Turn the computer back on, then run Computer Setup by pressing F10 when the blinking cursor light appears in the upper-right corner of the screen. Troubleshooting 5-9 COMPAQ CONFIDENTIAL - NEED TO KNOW REQUIRED Writer: Karen Williams Saved by: Karen Williams Saved date: 05/23/00 11:51 AM Part Number: 168894-001 File name: cH05.doc