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If the Flexible Disk Drive Does Not Work, If the Hard Disk Does Not Work

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5 Troubleshooting Your PC If Your PC Has a Hardware Problem If the Flexible Disk Drive Does Not Work • Ensure you are using a formatted diskette and it is inserted correctly. • Check you are using a diskette that is the right density. • Check that your FDD is correctly declared in the Setup Configuration menu. • Check that the correct diskette type has been configured in Setup. • Check that the flexible disk drive has been enabled in Setup. There are three options in the Setup Security menu that you can use to disable or enable: • Boot on flexible disk drive • Write on flexible disk drives • Use of flexible disk drive. • Check the option on the Setup Configuration menu which enables or disables the on-board flexible disk controller. • Check that the disk power and data cables are correctly connected. • Clean the flexible disk drive using a diskette cleaning kit. If the Hard Disk Does Not Work • Check that the disk power and data cables are correctly connected. • Check that the hard disk drive has been enabled and detected on the Hard Disk menu in Setup. There is also an option on the Setup Security menu which allows you to disable or enable boot on hard disk drive. • Check that the on-board Bus IDE is enabled if you are using the onboard IDE controller. English 85

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5
Troubleshooting Your PC
If Your PC Has a Hardware Problem
If the Flexible Disk Drive Does Not Work
•
Ensure you are using a formatted diskette and it is inserted
correctly.
•
Check you are using a diskette that is the right density.
•
Check that your FDD is correctly declared in the
Setup
Configuration
menu.
•
Check that the correct diskette type has been configured in
Setup
.
•
Check that the flexible disk drive has been enabled in
Setup
. There
are three options in the
Setup
Security
menu that you can use to
disable or enable:
•
Boot on flexible disk drive
•
Write on flexible disk drives
•
Use of flexible disk drive.
•
Check the option on the
Setup
Configuration
menu which
enables or disables the on-board flexible disk controller.
•
Check that the disk power and data cables are correctly connected.
•
Clean the flexible disk drive using a diskette cleaning kit.
If the Hard Disk Does Not Work
•
Check that the disk power and data cables are correctly connected.
•
Check that the hard disk drive has been enabled and detected on the
Hard Disk
menu in
Setup
. There is also an option on the
Setup
Security
menu which allows you to disable or enable boot on hard
disk drive.
•
Check that the on-board Bus IDE is enabled if you are using the on-
board IDE controller.