HP Compaq NC8230 User Manual

Troubleshooting
Maintenance and Service Guide 2–19
Flowchart 2.11—No OS Loading, Hard Drive,
Part 2
Load OS using
Operating System disc
(if applicable).
Continued from
“Flowchart
2.10—No OS
Loading,
Hard Drive, Part 1.”
Reseat
hard drive.
Done
Disc or
diskette in
drive?
1. Replace
hard drive.
2. Replace
system board.
Go to
“Flowchart
2.13—No OS
Loading,
Diskette Drive.”
Format hard drive
and bring to
abootable
C:\ prompt.
Create partition,
and then format
hard drive to
bootable
C:\ prompt.
Boot
from diskette
drive?
Remove disc or
diskette and
reboot.
Y
N
Boot
from
hard drive?
Y
N
Y
N
Hard drive
accessible?
Y
N
Hard drive
accessible?
Done
Run FDISK.
Y
N
Hard drive
partitioned?
Hard drive
formatted?
Y
N
Y
N
Notebook
booted?
Done
Y
N
Go to
“Flowchart
2.12—No OS
Loading,
Hard Drive, Part 3.”
Go to
“Flowchart
2.12—No OS
Loading,
Hard Drive, Part 3.”

HP Compaq NC8230 Specifications

General

Brand	HP
Model	Compaq NC8230
Category	Laptop
Language	English