Hitachi SA200 Series Manual page 91

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Reset the laptop by pressing <Ctrl+Alt+Delete>. If the system
completes the POST but the screen is blank, or if the screen
lights momentarily and then becomes blank, contact
Mastercare PC Service.
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Turn the laptop off, wait a few seconds, and then turn the
laptop back on. If the system completes the POST but the
screen is blank, or if the screen lights momentarily and then
becomes blank, contact Mastercare PC Service.
Symptom: The computer cannot write to a floppy disk
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The floppy disk may not be formatted. See "Formatting
Floppy Disks" on page 36 for more information.
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The floppy disk may could be corrupted with a virus.
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The floppy disk may be write protected. Eject the floppy disk
and check that the write protect tab is not set. See "Write
Protecting and Backing Up Floppy Disks" on page 37 for more
information.
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The floppy disk may be full. Use another floppy disk.
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The laptop's Supervisor may have restricted access to the
floppy disk drive.
Symptom: You receive a non-system disk or disk error
message
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You may have inserted a nonbootable floppy disk in Drive A:
(either a defective floppy disk or one without an installed
operating system). Remove the floppy disk.
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If this message is issued when you attempt to boot from your
hard disk drive, insert a bootable floppy disk and check the
integrity of your hard disk drive.
Symptom: The date and time are incorrect
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Use either the Windows 95 Control Panel or your laptop's
BIOS Setup program to enter the correct date and time.
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If the date and time are still incorrect, contact your laptop
dealer to change the system board battery.
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