Dell Vostro A840 Setup And Quick Reference Manual page 38

Troubleshooting
N O T E N O U G H M E M O R Y O R R E S O U R C E S
E X I T S O M E P R O G R A M S A N D T R Y
A G A I N —
You have too many programs open.
Close all windows and open the program that you
want to use.
P E R A T I N G S YS T E M N O T F O U N D
O
Reinstall the hard drive (see your Service Manual at
support.dell.com). If the problem persists, contact
Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on page 69).
O P T I O N A L R O M B A D C H E C K S U M
optional ROM has failed. Contact Dell (see
"Contacting Dell" on page 69).
R E Q U I R E D F I L E W A S N O T
A . D L L
F O U N D
—
The program that you are trying to
open is missing an essential file. Remove and then
reinstall the program.
1 Click the Windows Vista start button
Control Panel→ Programs→ Programs and
Features.
2 Select the program you want to remove.
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S E C T O R N O T F O U N D
— cannot locate a sector on the hard drive. You may
have a defective sector or corrupted FAT on the
hard drive. Run the Windows error-checking utility
to check the file structure on the hard drive.
See Windows Help and Support for instructions
—
The (click Start→ Help and Support). If a large number
of sectors are defective, back up the data (if
possible), and then reformat the hard drive.
S E E K E R R O R
find a specific track on the hard drive.
H U T D O W N F A I L U R E
S
board may be malfunctioning. Run the System Set
→
tests in the Dell Diagnostics (see "Dell Diagnostics"
on page 42).
Click Uninstall.
See the program documentation for
installation instructions and reinstall the
program.
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The operating system
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The operating system cannot
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A chip on the system