Problems Writing To A Cd-Rw Drive; Dvd Drive Problems; Hard Drive Problems - Dell Dimension 4500S Owner's Manual

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Problems writing to a CD-RW drive

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
must receive a steady stream of data when writing. If the stream is interrupted, an
error occurs. Try closing all programs before writing to the CD-RW.
S
E E T H E
C D - R W
P R O G R A M
See the CD-RW program's online help information for
I N S T R U C T I O N S
complete instructions on how to use the program to record CD-RWs.

DVD drive problems

T
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.
E
W
N S U R E T H A T
I N D O W S R E C O G N I Z E S T H E D R I V E
Computer on the desktop. 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.
C
L E A N T H E D I S C
See the
cleaning your DVDs. To access help files, see page 26.

Hard drive problems

R
C
D
U N
H E C K
I S K
1
Double-click My Computer on the desktop.
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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S
H
E L P F I L E F O R
C D - R W
D V D —
Insert another DVD to
Tell Me How
help file for instructions on
The CD-RW drive
R E C O R D I N G
Double-click My
HINT:
Because of
different worldwide file
types, not all DVD titles
work in all DVD drives.
Solving Pr oblems
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