HP zx5000 - Manual (Page 56)

2–22 Maintenance and Service Guide
Troubleshooting
Flowchart 2.11—No OS Loading, Hard Drive,
Part 2
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.”
Load OS using
System Restore
disc (if applicable).
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.”