Non-system disk, Or disk error, Not a boot, Diskette, Cards

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

Non-system disk

or disk error

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

Not a boot

diskette

Plug and play

cards.

Read fault

Requested sector

not found

Reset failed

The disk re-set operation failed.

Sector not found

Seek error

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

set-please run the

System Setup

Timer chip

A chip on the system board may be malfunctioning.

counter 2 failed

Unexpected

interrupt in

loose.

protected mode

WARNING: Dell's

Disk Monitoring

System has

detected that drive

[0/1] on the

[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