Gateway E4350 User Manual

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Troubleshooting

Diskette drive

The diskette drive is not recognized

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Shut down and restart your computer.

You cannot save a file to diskette or you see the message “disk is full or
write-protected”

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Make sure that the write-protection tab on the upper-right corner of the diskette is
down (unprotected).

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Delete unnecessary files on the diskette and try again.

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Make sure that the diskette you are using is IBM-compatible.

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Try a different diskette. Occasionally diskettes are flawed and cannot be read by the
diskette drive.

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Run Error-checking on the diskette. For more information, see “Checking the hard
drive for errors” in Using Your Computer which has been included on your hard drive.
To access this guide, click

Start

All Programs

, then click

Gateway Documentation

If errors are detected and corrected, try using the diskette again.

You see a “Access Denied” or “Write protect” error message

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Move the write-protection tab in the upper-right corner of the diskette down
(unprotected).

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The diskette may be full. Delete unnecessary files on the diskette and try again.

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Make sure that the diskette you are using is IBM-compatible.

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Try a different diskette. Occasionally diskettes are flawed and cannot be read by the
diskette drive.

You see a “Disk is full” error message

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Delete unnecessary files on the diskette.

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Try a different diskette. Occasionally diskettes are flawed and cannot be read by the
diskette drive.

■

Run Error checking on the diskette. For more information, see “Checking the hard
drive for errors” in Using Your Computer which has been included on your hard drive.
To access this guide, click

Start

All Programs

, then click

Gateway Documentation

You see a “Non-system disk” or “Disk error” error message

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Eject the diskette from the diskette drive, then press E

NTER

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Make sure that the diskette you are using is IBM-compatible.