Compaq SRS4FXXXX-100 manual Diskette Drive

Symptom

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

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

Diskette drive light stays on.

Diskette drive cannot save information to diskette.

Diskette Drive

Problem		Solution
A non-formatted	To format the diskette:
diskette has been	1.	On the Windows desktop, click Start then
inserted.		click Control Panel. The Control Panel
		window is displayed.
	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.
Diskette has been	Remove the diskette and reinsert it as follows:
improperly inserted.	Insert the edge with the sliding cover into the
	drive, face up, and push all the way in until the
	diskette stops.
Floppy disk drive is	Press the Help G button on the keyboard to
damaged.	access the Compaq Help & Support Center or
	refer to your Certificate of Warranty for details.
Diskette is not	To format the diskette:
formatted.	1.	On the Windows desktop, click Start then
		click Control Panel. The Control Panel
		window is displayed.
	2.	Select the diskette (A) drive.
	3.	Click File, and point to Format.
	4.	Select the desired options, and click Start to
		begin formatting the diskette.
Diskette is	Slide the write-protection tab to the unlocked
write-protected.	position on the diskette.
Diskette is full or file is	Use another diskette or compress the file to
too big.	reduce the size.
File save command not	When saving information to the diskette drive,
properly executed.	verify that you are using the correct drive letter.
Diskette is damaged.	Replace the damaged diskette.

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