HP Compaq nx9600 - Page 41

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
a bootable
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
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.”