Troubleshooting Without Diagnostics
Solving Diskette Problems (Continued)
Problem | Cause | Solution |
Drive not found. | You attempted to hot |
(continued) | plug a removable |
| hard drive that has |
| DriveLock security |
| enabled. (This feature |
| supported on select |
| models only.) |
Shut down Windows and turn off the computer. Insert the drive into the MultiBay, if it is not already inserted. Turn on the computer.
Diskette drive cannot write | Diskette is not | Format the diskette. |
to a diskette. | formatted. |
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| Diskette is | Use another diskette or remove the |
| write protection. | |
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| Writing to the wrong | Check the drive letter in your path |
| drive. | statement. |
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| Not enough space is | Use another diskette. |
| left on the diskette. |
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| Diskette write control is | Use Computer Setup to check |
| enabled. | your storage security feature |
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| disabled settings. |
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| Diskette is damaged. | Replace the damaged disk. |
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Cannot format diskette. | Invalid media reported. | When formatting a disk in DOS, |
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| you may need to specify diskette |
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| capacity. For example, to format a |
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| command at the DOS prompt: |
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| FORMAT A: /F:1440 |
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