Dvd Drive Problems; Hard Drive Problems; E-Mail, Modem, And Internet Problems - Dell MTC2 User Manual

DVD drive problems

NOTE: Because of different regions worldwide and different disc formats, not all DVD titles
work in all DVD drives.
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E S T T H E D R I V E W I T H A N O T H E R
eliminate the possibility that the original DVD is defective.
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N S U R E T H A T
button and click My Computer. If the DVD drive is not listed, perform a full scan
with your antivirus software to check for and remove viruses. Viruses can
sometimes prevent Windows from recognizing the drive.
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L E A N T H E D I S C
cleaning your DVDs. To access help files, see page 32.
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H E C K F O R I N T E R R U P T R E Q U E S T C O N F L I C T S

Hard drive problems

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U N H E C K
Click the Start button and click My Computer.
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Right-click the drive letter (local disk) that you want to scan for errors, and
2
then click Properties.
Click the Tools tab.
3
Under Error-checking, click Check Now.
4
Click Start.
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E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems

NOTE: Connect the modem to an analog telephone jack only. The modem does not operate while
it is connected to a digital telephone network.
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H E C K T H E T E L E P H O N E L I N E C O N N E C T I O N
line is connected to the jack on the modem. (The jack has either a green label or
a connector-shaped icon next to it.) Ensure that you hear a click when you insert
the telephone line connector into the modem.
DVD — Insert another DVD to
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I N D O W S R E C O G N I Z E S T H E D R I V E
Tell Me How
— See the
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I S K
— Click the Start
help file for instructions on
— See page 66.
— Verify that the telephone
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