Compaq LTE 5000 Cannot read a Used Drive Diskette Diskette is defective or, Damaged, Is damaged

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Solving Diskette and Diskette Drive Problems Continued

Problem	Probable Cause	Solution(s)
Diskette drive	The wrong type diskette is being Use the type diskette required by
cannot read a	used.	the drive.
diskette.
	Diskette is defective or	If you can read other diskettes in
	damaged.	the drive, try reading this diskette
		in another diskette drive to verify it
		is damaged.
	Diskette is not formatted.	Double-click the My Computer
		icon, click the icon for the disk
		you want to format, click the File
		menu, then click Format.

Drive error has occurred.

Cannot boot from	Bootable diskette is not in
diskette.	drive A.
	Diskette Boot is disabled in
	Computer Setup.

Click the Device Manager tab in System Properties, then double- click Disk Drives and verify the diskette drive is recognized. Double-click the diskette drive to view the status and settings for the drive.

Run Computer Checkup from the Compaq Diagnostics diskette (refer to Chapter 11, "Running Compaq Diagnostics").

Put the bootable diskette in drive A. If a diskette drive is in the computer MultiBay, that is drive A.

Run Computer Setup and enable Diskette Boot on the Initialization menu.

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