Dell 530 manual Drive Problems, Solving Problems

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S y s t e m M e s s a g e s ( c o n t in u e d )

Message	Cause	Action
Attachment failed to	The diskette drive or hard drive	See "Diskette Drive Problems" and "Hard
respond	controller cannot send data to the	Drive Problems."
	associated drive.
Bad command or file name	The command you entered does not	Ensure that you have spelled the
	exist or the file name you specified is	command correctly, put spaces in the
	faulty.	proper place, and used the correct
		pathname.
Bad error-correction code	The diskette drive or hard drive	See "Diskette Drive Problems" and "Hard
(ECC) on disk read	controller detected an uncorrectable	Drive Problems."
	read error.
Controller has failed	The hard drive or the associated	See "Hard Drive Problems."
	controller is defective.
Data error	The diskette or hard drive cannot	Run the ScanDisk utility in the
	read the data.	Microsoft® Windows® operating system
		to check the file structure of the diskette
		or hard drive. See your operating system
		documentation for more information.
		If you are using a different operating
		system, run the appropriate utility to
		check the file structure of the diskette or
		hard drive. See your operating system
		documentation.
Decreasing available	One or more memory modules may	See "System Memory Problems."
memory	be faulty or improperly seated.
Diskette drive 0 seek	A cable may be loose, or the system	See "Diskette Drive Problems."
failure	configuration information may not
	match the hardware configuration.
Diskette read failure	A cable may be loose, or the diskette	See "Diskette Drive Problems."
	may be faulty.
Diskette subsystem reset	The diskette drive controller may be	Run the Diskette tests in the Dell
failed	faulty.	Diagnostics.
Diskette write protected	The diskette write-protect feature is	Remove the diskette from drive A and
	activated.	move the write-protect tab to the
		unlocked position.
Drive not ready	No diskette is in the drive. The	Put a diskette in the drive or close the
	operation requires a diskette in the	drive latch.
	drive before it can continue.

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