Compaq M300 manual Solving Diskette and SuperDisk LS-120 Drive Problems, 15-10Troubleshooting

15-10Troubleshooting

Solving Diskette and SuperDisk LS-120 Drive

Problems

Solving Diskette and SuperDisk LS-120 Drive Problems

Problem

System does not recognize a diskette or SuperDisk LS-120 drive.

Possible Cause

The drive is not seated properly.

The drive may be damaged.

The computer is running a retail version of the operating system, and the drive was inserted while the system was on, in Suspend (Standby), or in Hibernation.

Solution

Remove, then reinsert the drive.

To verify that the problem is with the drive, try using another removable drive in the same bay.

1.Shut down the computer

2.Reinsert the drive

3.Turn on the computer.

Diskette drive or	Diskette is not	Refer to your drive documentation for
SuperDisk LS-120	compatible with	information about compatible
drive cannot read or	the drive.	diskettes.
write to a diskette.		Format the diskette.
	Diskette is not
	formatted.

Diskette drive is disabled.

Diskette is write-protected.

Enable the diskette drive; see Chapter 11.

Disable the write-protection or use another diskette that is not write-protected.

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