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C o m p u t e r M e s s a g e s

Message	Cause	Action
Controller has	The hard drive or the	See “Floppy Drive
failed	associated controller is	Problems” or “Hard Drive
	defective.	Problems.”
Data error	The floppy or hard drive	Run the chkdsk utility in
	cannot read the data.	the Microsoft Windows
		operating system to check
		the file structure of the
		floppy or hard drive. See
		your operating system
		documentation for more
		information.
		If you are using another
		operating system, run the
		appropriate utility to check
		the file structure of the
		floppy or hard drive. See
		your operating system
		documentation.
Decreasing	One or more dual in-line	See “Computer Memory
available memory	memory modules	Problems.”
	(DIMMs) may be faulty or
	improperly seated.
Diskette drive 0	A cable may be loose, or	See “Floppy Drive
seek failure	the computer	Problems” or “Hard Drive
	configuration information	Problems.”
	may not match the
	hardware configuration.
Diskette read	A cable may be loose, or	See “Floppy Drive
failure	the floppy may be faulty.	Problems” or “Hard Drive
		Problems.”
Diskette subsystem	The floppy drive controller	Run the Diskette tests in
reset failed	may be faulty.	the Dell Diagnostics.
Drive not ready	No floppy is in the drive.	Put a floppy in the drive or
	The operation requires a	close the drive latch.
	floppy in the drive before
	it can continue.

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