HP Compaq nx5000 series - Manual (Page 79)

Troubleshooting
Maintenance and Service Guide 2–23
Flowchart 2.12—No OS Loading, Hard Drive, Part 3
Y
System
files on hard
drive?
Continued from
Flowchart
2.11—No OS
Loading, Hard
Drive, Part 2.
Clean virus. Done
N
Install OS
and reboot.
Virus
on hard
drive?
OS
loading from
hard drive?
Y
N
Y
N
Y
N
Diagnostics
on diskette?
Replace
hard drive.
Run diagnostics
and follow
recommendations.
Run SCANDISK
and check for
bad sectors.
Can bad
sectors
be fixed?
Replace
hard drive.
Y
N
Y
N
Fix bad
sectors.
Boot from
hard drive?
Replace
hard drive.
Done