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Flowchart 2.13—no os loading, diskette drive, Flowchart 2.13—no os loading, Diskette drive – Compaq V5100 User Manual

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Troubleshooting

Maintenance and Service Guide

2–21

Flowchart 2.13—No OS Loading, Diskette Drive

Replace the following
components
individually, retesting
after each
replacement:

Diskette drive

System board

Done

Y

N

Reseat

diskette drive.

OS not loading

from

diskette drive.

Done

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

OS

loading?

Nonsystem

disk message?

Bootable

diskette

in drive?

Install bootable

diskette and

reboot computer.

Check diskette

for system files.

Try different

diskette.

Nonsystem

disk error?

OS

loading?

Boot

from another

device?

Enable drive

and cold boot

computer.

Is diskette

drive boot

order

correct?

Change boot

priority using

the setup utility.

Go to

“Flowchart

2.17—Nonfunc-

tioning Device.”

Diskette

drive enabled

in the Setup

utility?

Go to

“Flowchart

2.17—Nonfunctioning

Device.”

Reset the computer.

Refer to

Section 1.2,

“Resetting the
Computer,”

for

instructions.