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Question posted by kedell on July 3rd, 2014

Hp Ze4900 Won't Boot From Hard Drive Or Dvd

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Reference Guide - Page 4

... to DVD Media (Select Models Only) . . . 2-12 To Create or Copy CDs 2-12 Securing Your Notebook 2-13 To Set Up Password Protection 2-13 To Lock Your Notebook 2-13 To Attach an Optional Security Cable 2-14 To Protect Against Viruses 2-14 To Lock the Hard Drive 2-15 Taking Care of Your Notebook 2-15 To Protect Your Hard Drive 2-15...

Reference Guide - Page 5

... Connecting External Devices 5-1 To Insert or Remove a PC Card 5-1 To Connect an Audio Device 5-3 To Connect a TV to Your Notebook (Select Models Only 5-4 Switching the Display to the...Hard Drive 5-12 To Replace the Hard Drive 5-12 To Replace the Hard Drive Holder 5-13 To Prepare a New Hard Drive 5-14 6 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Your Notebook 6-1 Audio Problems 6-2 CD-ROM and DVD...

Reference Guide - Page 6

Contents Display Problems 6-4 Hard Drive Problems 6-5 Heat Problems 6-6 Infrared Problems 6-7 Keyboard and Pointing Device Problems 6-7 Local Area Network (LAN) Problems 6-8 Memory Problems 6-9 Modem Problems 6-10 PC Card (PCMCIA) Problems 6-13 Performance Problems 6-14 Power and Battery Pack Problems 6-15 Printing Problems 6-18 Serial, Parallel and USB Problems 6-19 Startup Problems...

Reference Guide - Page 8

... 1 Main status lights (left to right): power mode, hard drive activity, and battery 2 TouchPad, scroll pad, Click buttons, and an on-off button 3 Power button: turns the notebook on and off 4 Keyboard status lights 5 One-Touch buttons 6 Notebook open/close latch 7 CD-ROM, DVD, or other drive 8 Battery pack 9 Wireless on-off button and indicator light...

Reference Guide - Page 10

... Guide Getting Started with Your Notebook Bottom Panel Components 1 Hard drive 2 Battery latch 3 RAM (memory) cover 4 Reset button 5 Mini PCI cover (no user parts inside) Ä CAUTION: To prevent an unresponsive system and the display of a warning message, install only a Mini PCI device authorized for use in your notebook by the governmental agency that...

Reference Guide - Page 11

... Guide 1-5 The following diagram shows the main status lights on (even if the display is off) ■ Blinking-notebook is in Standby ■ Off-notebook is off or in Hibernation 2 Hard drive activity On-notebook is accessing the hard drive 3 Battery status ■ Green-Battery pack is fully charged ■ Amber-Battery pack is charging ■ Blinking...

Reference Guide - Page 13

... battery packs. Turn the notebook upside down. 2. Reference Guide 1-7 This guide is located on the Web at http://www.hp.com/ergo and on the hard drive or on the notebook, and run the Microsoft...setup, posture, and health and work habits for the first time, you set up your notebook for computer users, and provides important electrical and mechanical safety information. When you will connect ...

Reference Guide - Page 17

... Other Hardware > Phone and Modem Options, then choose your setup. 1. Follow the Setup program instructions on its hard drive. Check the modem country or region settings. If the program prompts you turn on your notebook, the Windows Setup program runs automatically and includes opportunities to enter the Product ID code, locate the code...

Reference Guide - Page 20

...want to display the Boot menu. 3. To Change the Boot Device The notebook normally boots from a specific device whenever it is present, change the boot order using the BIOS Setup utility. HP Manual Title 2-3 Press... bottom of the notebook, then press the power button to select the boot device, then press enter. When the logo screen appears, press esc to boot from its internal hard drive.

Reference Guide - Page 32

... on the hard drive. HP Manual Title 2-15 Press F10 to enter the BIOS Setup utility. 3. If you move the hard drive to another notebook, you cannot access the drive until you cannot recover your notebook during everyday use and prevent potential physical damage or data loss. From the Security menu, enable Internal hard drive lock. 5. To Protect Your Hard Drive Hard drives, as...

Reference Guide - Page 33

...the hard drive is cold, warm it . Copy files to diskettes, CDs, DVDs, and other media, or network drives. ■ Use a virus-scanning program (such as the Norton AntiVirus program included with your notebook) ...down the notebook or put it in the disk Properties window. 2-16 HP Manual Title If the notebook is operating could destroy data or damage the drive. ■ Carry the notebook in a ...

Reference Guide - Page 36

... button to return to enter Standby. session. Ä CAUTION: Make a habit of the display. If this occurs The result is initiated. Begin using the notebook, and the hard drive turns on the display. Briefly press any information that all your current session in Standby for the specified interval Hibernation is To resume No...

Reference Guide - Page 61

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Reference Guide - Page 62

... attachment back onto the pins on evenly without bending the connector pins. 3. Add-On Devices To Replace the Hard Drive Holder If you are removing. Notice that does not have a holder, you can remove the holder parts from the hard drive you are installing a new hard drive that the hard drive has a pin connector attachment at one end.

Reference Guide - Page 66

... You Get a Region Code Error When Playing a DVD Movie DVDs can cause a disc to change the boot sequence. ■ Restart the notebook. These codes prevent DVD movies from a CD or DVD ■ Make sure the CD or DVD is bootable. ■ Make sure the CD-ROM/DVD drive is selected as the boot device. If the disc is placed in...

Reference Guide - Page 90

... Guide 6-27 The password can have no more than 8 characters (0-9, A-Z), and cannot include special or accented characters. Only if the Boot password option is enabled, encodes the current user password (or administrator password if that is required when the notebook boots. Troubleshooting Security Menu (Continued) Setting Set Administrator Password Require Password on the hard drive.

Reference Guide - Page 91

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Reference Guide - Page 99

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Reference Guide - Page 100

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Reference Guide - Page 101

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