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If Something Goes Wrong
Resolving a hardware conflict
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The display mode is set to Simultaneous and the external

display device does not work.

Make sure the external monitor is capable of displaying at
resolutions of 800 x 600 or higher. Devices that do not
support this resolution will only work in Internal/External
mode.
Disk drive problems
Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually
show up as an inability to access the disk or as sector errors.
Sometimes a disk problem may cause one or more files to
appear to have garbage in them. Typical disk problems are:

You are having trouble accessing a disk, or one or more

files appear to be missing.

Make sure you are identifying the drive by its correct name
(A: or C:).
Error-checking
Run Error-checking, which analyzes the directories, files and
NT file system (NTFS) on the disk and repairs any damage it
finds:
To run Error-checking:
1Click Start, then click My Computer.
2Right-click the drive you want to check.
The drive’s properties box appears.
3Click on Properties.
4Click the Too ls tab.
5Click the Check now button.
The Check Disk box appears (for example, Check Disk
C).
6You can choose one or both options: