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Not a boot diskette  —
 Insert a bootable floppy disk and restart your computer.
 
Not enough memory or resources. Close some programs and try again  —
you might have to restart your computer to restore computer resources. If so, run the program that you want to use first.
 
Operating system not found  —
  Contact
 
Plug and Play Configuration Error  —
 
1.  Turn your computer off, unplug it from the electrical outlet, and then remove all but one of the cards.
2.  Plug in your computer and reboot it.
3.  If the message reappears, the installed card might be malfunctioning. If the message does not reappear, turn off the computer and reinsert one of
the other cards.
4.  Repeat this process until you identify which card is malfunctioning.
 
Read fault  —
 
 
Requested sector not found  —
 
 
Reset failed  —
 
See
"Drive
Problems."
 
Sector not found  —
 
 Run the Windows error-checking utility to check the file structure on the floppy disk or hard drive. See Windows Help for instructions.
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 If a large number of sectors are defective, back up the data (if possible), and then reformat the floppy disk or hard drive.
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Seek error  —
 See
"Drive
Problems."
 
Shutdown failure  —
 Run the
Dell
 
Time-of-day clock stopped  —
 
 
Time-of-day not set-please run the System Setup program  —
Enter system setup
and correct the date or time. If the problem persists,
 
 Run the
Timer chip counter 2 failed  —
 
Unexpected interrupt in protected mode  —
 
WARNING: Dell's Disk Monitoring System has detected that drive [0/1] on the [primary/secondary] EIDE controller is operating outside of normal
specifications. It is advisable to immediately back up your data and replace your hard drive by calling your support desk or Dell  —
 If no replacement drive is immediately available and the drive is not the only bootable drive,
None. Then remove the drive from the computer.
 
Write fault  —
 
 
Write fault on selected drive  —
 
See
"Drive
Problems."
 
<drive letter>:\ is not accessible. The device is not ready  —
CD, or ZIP disk into the drive and try again.
Dell.
Diagnostics.
 
Dell
Diagnostics.
 Run the
Dell
Diagnostics.
 The selected drive cannot read its medium. Depending on its medium type, insert a floppy,
 Close all windows and open the program that you want to use. In some cases,
replace the
battery.
enter system setup
and change the appropriate drive setting to

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