Gateway ALR 9000 Drive Problems, Table 3:

Drive Problems

Table 3:

Problem	Probable Cause	Solution(s)
The system will	The hard disk is not for-	Boot from a floppy diskette,
not boot.	matted.	then format the hard drive.
	The disk is too slow to be	Follow the instructions on the
	recognized by the system	screen to try the boot again.
	in time.
	A boot file was not found.	Try booting from a bootable
		floppy diskette.
	The disk parameters in	Enter BIOS Setup and check
	BIOS Setup are incorrect.	the disk parameters.
The diskette LED	The diskette was loaded	Remove the diskette, and load it
illuminates but	incorrectly.	properly into the drive.
files cannot be
accessed.
	The diskette is damaged.	Run CHKDSK (DOS) or another
		disk-verification utility to check
		the disk’s integrity.
	The file is corrupted (bad).	Try the diskette on another
		computer. Re-copy the file if
		necessary.
Files cannot be	The disk is write protected.	Remove the write protect tab or
written to the disk		switch from the disk.
or diskette.
	The wrong drive letter was	Check to ensure the drive LED
	specified.	illuminates when you issue the
		write command. If it doesn’t, try
		another drive letter.
	The disk is not formatted.	Format the disk.
Insufficient space	The drive you are trying to	Remove files from the disk or
on the drive.	write to is full.	write to another device.
	The file you wish to copy is	Compress the file and try again,
	too large to fit on the spec-	or write to another disk.
	ified disk or diskette.
A file cannot be	The wrong drive letter was	Check to ensure the drive LED
read from the	specified.	illuminates when you issue the
disk or diskette.		read command. If it doesn’t, try
		another drive letter.
	The disk is not formatted.	Format the disk.

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