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When you
start your system
,
a boot error can
occur
for
the
follow-
ing
reasons;
•
The
inserted
diskette does
not
have DOS
on
it.
• The diskette was inserted
incorrectly.
•
The diskette has
been
scratched
,
warped
,
or
marred
.
In
this
case
,
use another
diskette.
•
The diskette
is
an enhanced-density diskette
in
an
ATARI
810
Disk
Drive.
The following
conditions
will also
cause
a boot
error,
but
no indi-
cation of it
will
appear
on
the
screen
.
•
The
disk
drive
was
turned on afterthe
computer
was turned
on.
• The disk drive
is
not properly connected to the computer
console
.
•
The
Power Adapter plug has loosened from its wall socket
.
•
The
Power
Adapter plug has loosened from the disk drive
POWER IN
socket.
•
The drive
switch
setting is not correct.
If
you
have
checked
and found none
of
these problems
,
take the
following
steps;
1.
Insert the DOS 2.5 Master Diskette or System
Diskette (work-
ing copy of
DOS
2.5) in Drive
1 and reboot the
system
.
2.
Remove the DOS
diskette.
3.
Reinsert the problem diskette and save any
accessible
'iles
on
another diskette using the process for copying files
(see
C.
,
COPY FI
LE,
in
Section
3).
4.
With the problem
diskette
in Drive
1,
use the DELETE FILE(S)
function
to erase all the files.
5.
Try using the diskette again. If this fails, the diskette will have
to be reformatted (see
I..
FORMAT
DISK,
in Section 3).
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