Hard Drive Problems; E-Mail, Modem, And Internet Problems - Dell Dimension 9150 Owner's Manual

Problems writing to a CD/DVD-RW drive
C L O S E O T H E R P R O G R A M S
writing. If the stream is interrupted, an error occurs. Try closing all programs before you write to the
CD/DVD-RW.
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Hard drive problems

R U N C H E C K D I S K —
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Click the Start button and click My Computer.
2
Right-click Local Disk C:.
3
Click Properties.
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Click the Tools tab.
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Under Error-checking, click Check Now.
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Click Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors.
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Click Start.

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems

CAUTION:
Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions in the
Product Information Guide.
NOTE:
Connect the modem to an analog telephone jack only. The modem does not operate while it is
connected to a digital telephone network.
H E C K T H E I C R O S O F T
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e-mail attachments:
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In Outlook Express, click Tools, click Options, and then click Security.
2
Click Do not allow attachments to remove the checkmark.
— The CD/DVD-RW drive must receive a steady stream of data when
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