Compaq 233789-371 manual Diskette Drive

Symptom

Not reading drive: “Abort, Retry, Fail?” message appears.

“Non-system disk or disk error” message is displayed.

Diskette Drive

Problem		Solution
A non-formatted	To format the diskette:
diskette has been	1.	Double-click the My Computer g icon on
inserted.		the Windows desktop.
	2.	Select the diskette (A) drive.
	3.	Click File, and point to Format.
	4.	Select desired options, and click Start to
		begin formatting the diskette.
Diskette is damaged.	Replace the diskette with a new one.
A diskette that does	When drive activity stops, remove the diskette
not contain system	and press the Spacebar. Computer should start
files needed to start	up.
your computer has
been inserted in drive.
Disk error has	Restart your computer by pressing the Start/
occurred.	Reset button. If the error returns, see the next
	problem “System files have been damaged.”
System files have been	1.	Insert a start-up disk in the diskette drive.
damaged.	2.	Restart your computer.
	3.	At the A:> prompt, type SYS C: and press the
		Enter key. The following message is
		displayed: SYSTEM TRANSFERRED. This task
		will restore the system files to the hard disk.
	4.	Restart your computer.
Hard drive has failed.	Call Compaq Technical Support. Refer to your
	Certificate of Warranty for details.

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