If You Hear An Unfamiliar Scraping Or Grinding Sound; If The Cd-Rw Drive Stops Writing; If You Have Problems With A Hard Drive - Dell Inspiron 510M Owner's Manual

If you hear an unfamiliar scraping or grinding sound

• Ensure that the sound is not caused by the program that is running.
• Ensure that the disk or disc is inserted properly.

If the CD-RW drive stops writing

D I S A B L E S T A N D B Y M O D E I N
Search for the keyword standby in the Help and Support Center. To access the
Help and Support Center, see page 10.
C H A N G E T H E W R I T E S P E E D T O A S L O W E R R A T E
CD creation software.
E X I T A L L O T H E R O P E N P R O G R A M S
writing to the CD-RW may alleviate the problem.

If you have problems with a hard drive

L L O W T H E C O M P U T E R T O C O O L B E F O R E T U R N I N G I T O N
A
may prevent the operating system from starting. Try allowing the computer to
return to room temperature before turning it on.
C H E C K T H E D R I V E F O R E R R O R S
1
Click the Start button and click My Computer.
2
Right-click the drive letter (local disk) that you want to scan for errors, and then
click Properties.
3
Click the Tools tab.
4 Under Error-checking, click Check Now.
5
Click Start.
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Using CDs, DVDs, and other Multimedia
W I N D O W S B E F O R E W R I T I N G T O A
— See the help files for your
— Exiting all other open programs before
C D - R W —
— A hot hard drive