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Resolving a hardware conflict | ||
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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.