
2.6 HDD Troubleshooting
2 Troubleshooting Procedures
Procedure 2
Partition Check
Insert the Toshiba MS-DOS system disk and restart the computer. Perform the following checks:
Check 1 Type
C:
and press
Enter
. If you cannot change to the drive C, go to Check 2. If you
can change to drive C, go to Check 3.
Check 2 Type
FDISK
and press
Enter
. Choose Display Partition Information from the
FDISK menu. If the drive C is listed, go to Check 3. If the drive C is not listed,
return to the FDISK menu and choose the option to create a DOS partition on the
drive C. Restart the computer from the Toshiba MS-DOS system disk. If the
problem still exists, go to Procedure 3.
Check 3 If the drive C is listed as active in the FDISK menu, go to Check 4. If the drive C is
not listed as active, return to the FDISK menu and choose the option to set the active
partition for the drive C. Restart the computer. If the problem still exists, go to
Check 4.
Check 4 Type
DIR C:
and press
Enter
. If the following message appears, go to Procedure 3.
If contents of drive C are listed on the display, go to Check 5.
Invalid media type reading drive C
Abort, Retry, Fail?
Check 5 Using the
SYS
command on the Toshiba MS-DOS system disk, install system files on
the HDD.
If the following message appears on the display, the system files have been
transferred to the HDD. Restart the computer. If the problem still exists, go to
Procedure 3.
System transferred
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Summary of Contents for Satellite A20 Series
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Page 196: ...Chapter 4 Replacement Procedures ...
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Page 487: ...Appendices Appendix E Key Layout E 6 Satellite A20 Maintenance Manual 960 444 ...
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