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Troubleshooting Guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symptom

 

Problem

 

Solution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Illegal Operation

 

Program being used is not

 

Verify program is certified by Microsoft

 

has Occurred” error

 

certified for Windows by

 

(see program packaging for this

 

message is

 

Microsoft.

 

information).

 

displayed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configuration files are corrupt

 

If possible, save all data, close all

 

 

 

 

 

 

programs, and restart your Internet PC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the error message returns you may need

 

 

 

 

 

 

to back up your personal data and use the

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quick Restore utility. See Understanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your Service and Support Options for

 

 

 

 

 

 

details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

aWARNING: Quick Restore reformats

 

 

 

 

 

 

your hard drive, all files will be lost.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Non-system disk or

 

A diskette that does not

 

When drive activity stops, remove the

 

disk error” message

 

contain system files needed to

 

diskette and press the spacebar. Your

 

is displayed.

 

start your Internet PC has

 

Internet PC will start up.

 

 

 

 

been inserted in drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disk error has occurred.

 

Restart your Internet PC. If the error

 

 

 

 

 

 

returns, see the next problem “System

 

 

 

 

 

 

files have been damaged.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

System files have been

 

1. Insert a startup disk in the diskette

 

 

 

 

damaged.

 

drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Restart your Internet PC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. At the A:\ prompt, type SYS C: and

 

 

 

 

 

 

press the Enter key. The following

 

 

 

 

 

 

message will be displayed:‘SYSTEM

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRANSFERRED’. This task will restore

 

 

 

 

 

 

the system files to your hard drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Restart your Internet PC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard drive has failed.

 

Call a Compaq Authorized Service

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provider. Refer to your Warranty Statement

 

 

 

 

 

 

for details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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