HP Compaq nc8430 Maintenance And Service Guide

Troubleshooting
Maintenance and Service Guide 2–17
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
CD 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
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
Computer
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 nc8430 Specifications

General

Brand	HP
Model	Compaq nc8430
Category	Laptop
Language	English