Error Message

Description

Non-system disk

The floppy disk in drive A does not have a bootable operating system installed on

or disk error

it. Either replace the floppy disk with one that has a bootable operating system, or

 

remove the floppy disk from drive A and restart the computer.

Not a boot

The operating system is trying to boot to a floppy disk that does not have a

diskette

bootable operating system installed on it. Insert a bootable floppy disk.

Plug and play

The computer encountered a problem while trying to configure one or more

configuration

cards.

error

 

Read fault

The operating system cannot read from the floppy or hard drive, the computer

 

could not find a particular sector on the disk, or the requested sector is defective.

Requested sector

The operating system cannot read from the floppy or hard drive, the computer

not found

could not find a particular sector on the disk, or the requested sector is defective.

Reset failed

The disk re-set operation failed.

Sector not found

The operating system cannot locate a sector on the floppy or hard drive.

Seek error

The operating system cannot find a specific track on the floppy disk or hard drive.

Shutdown failure

A chip on the system board might be malfunctioning.

Time-of-day clock

The battery might be dead.

stopped

 

Time-of-day not

The time or date stored in System Setup does not match the computer clock.

set-please run the

 

System Setup

 

program

 

Timer chip

A chip on the system board may be malfunctioning.

counter 2 failed

 

Unexpected

The keyboard controller may be malfunctioning or a memory module may be

interrupt in

loose.

protected mode

 

WARNING: Dell's

During initial startup, the drive detected possible error conditions. When your

Disk Monitoring

computer finishes booting, immediately back up your data and replace your hard

System has

drive (for installation procedures, see "Adding and Removing Parts" for your

detected that drive

computer type). If no replacement drive is immediately available and the drive is

[0/1] on the

not the only bootable drive, enter System Setup and change the appropriate drive

[primary/

setting to None. Then remove the drive from the computer.

secondary] EIDE

 

controller is

 

operating outside

 

of normal

 

specifications. It is

 

advisable to

 

immediately back

 

up your data and

 

replace your hard

 

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