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If Something Goes Wrong

Resolving a hardware conflict

 

 

 

1Point at the desktop and click with the secondary button.

2Click Properties, and then Settings.

3Change a setting and click OK.

For more information, see the Windows® XP Help.

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.

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:).

Run ScanDisk, which analyzes the directories, files and File Allocation Table (FAT) on the disk and repairs any damage it finds:

To run ScanDisk:

1Click Start, point to All Programs, Accessories, System Tools and click ScanDisk.

2Click the drive you want to test.

3Select the type of test you want to use.

A thorough test is more complete but takes much more time than a standard test.

4Click Start.