Dell OptiPlex 320 User Guide - Page 136

Error Messages - add hard drive

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Error Messages Print and fill out the Diagnostics Checklist as you complete these checks. CAUTION: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions located in the Product Information Guide. If the message is not listed, see the documentation for the operating system or the program that was running when the message appeared. A filename cannot contain any of the following characters Do not use these characters in filenames. A required .DLL file was not found - The program that you are trying to open is missing an essential file. To remove and then reinstall the program: 1. Click the Start button, click Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs. 2. Select the program you want to remove. 3. Click the Change or Remove Program icon. 4. See the program documentation for installation instructions. Alert! Previous attempts at booting this system have failed at checkpoint [nnnn]. For help in resolving this problem, please note this checkpoint and contact Dell Technical Support - Contact Dell and report the checkpoint code (nnnn) to the support technician (see Contacting Dell). Attachment failed to respond - See Drive Problems. Bad command or file name - Ensure that you spelled the command correctly, put spaces in the proper place, and used the correct pathname. Bad error-correction code (ECC) on disk read - See Drive Problems. Controller has failed - See Drive Problems. Data error - See Drive Problems. Decreasing available memory - See Lockups and Software Problems. Diskette drive 0 seek failure - See Drive Problems. Diskette read failure - See Drive Problems. Diskette subsystem reset failed - Run the Dell Diagnostics. See Dell Diagnostics. Diskette write protected - Slide the write-protect notch on the floppy disk to the open position. Drive not ready - Put a floppy disk in the drive. Gate A20 failure - See Lockups and Software Problems. Hard-disk configuration error - Hard-disk controller failure -

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Error Messages
Print and fill out the
Diagnostics Checklist
as you complete these checks.
If the message is not listed, see the documentation for the operating system or the program that was running when the message appeared.
CAUTION:
Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions located in the
Product Information Guide
.
A filename cannot contain any of the following characters: \ / : * ? " < > |
Do not use these characters in filenames.
A required .DLL file was not found
The program that you are trying to open is missing an essential file. To remove and then reinstall the
program:
1.
Click the
Start
button, click
Control Panel
, and then click
Add or Remove Programs
.
2.
Select the program you want to remove.
3.
Click the
Change or Remove Program
icon.
4.
See the program documentation for installation instructions.
Alert! Previous attempts at booting this system have failed at checkpoint [
nnnn
]. For help in resolving this problem, please note this
checkpoint and contact Dell Technical Support
Contact Dell and report the checkpoint code (
nnnn
) to the support technician (see
Contacting Dell
).
Attachment failed to respond —
See
Drive Problems
.
Bad command or file name —
Ensure that you spelled the command correctly, put spaces in the proper place, and used the correct
pathname.
Bad error-
correction code (ECC) on disk read
See
Drive Problems
.
Controller has failed
See
Drive Problems
.
Data error
See
Drive Problems
.
Decreasing available memory
See
Lockups and Software Problems
.
Diskette drive 0 seek failure
See
Drive Problems
.
Diskette read failure
See
Drive Problems
.
Diskette subsystem reset failed
Run the Dell Diagnostics. See
Dell Diagnostics
.
Diskette write protected
Slide the write-protect notch on the floppy disk to the open position.
Drive not ready
Put a floppy disk in the drive.
Gate A20 failure
See
Lockups and Software Problems
.
Hard-
disk configuration error
Hard-
disk controller failure