Dell XPS /Inspiron M170 Owner's Manual - Page 65

Error Messages, If the message is not listed

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Error Messages CAUTION: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions 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. B A D C O M M A N D O R F I L E N A M E - Ensure that you have spelled the command correctly, put spaces in the proper place, and used the correct pathname. C D D R I V E C O N T R O L L E R F A I L U R E - The CD drive does not respond to commands from the computer. See "Drive Problems" on page 61. D A T A E R R O R - The hard drive cannot read the data. See "Drive Problems" on page 61. T H E F I L E B E I N G C O P I E D I S T O O L A R G E F O R T H E D E S T I N A T I O N D R I V E - The file that you are trying to copy is too large to fit on the disk, or the disk is too full. Try copying the file to a different disk or use a larger capacity disk. A F I L E N A M E C A N N O T C O N T A I N A N Y O F T H E F O L L O W I N G C H A R A C T E R S Do not use these characters in filenames. I N S E R T B O O T A B L E M E D I A - The operating system is trying to boot to a nonbootable CD. Insert a bootable CD. N O T E N O U G H M E M O R Y O R R E S O U R C E S . E X I T S O M E P R O G R A M S A N D T R Y A G A I N - You have too many programs open. Close all windows and open the program that you want to use. O P E R A T I N G S YS T E M N O T F O U N D - Reinstall the hard drive. See page 85. If the problem persists, contact Dell. See "Contacting Dell" on page 113. Solving Problems 65

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Solving Problems
65
Error Messages
CAUTION:
Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions 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.
B
AD
COMMAND
OR
FILE
NAME
Ensure that you have spelled the command correctly, put spaces in
the proper place, and used the correct pathname.
CD
DRIVE
CONTROLLER
FAILURE
The CD drive does not respond to commands from the computer.
See "Drive Problems" on page 61.
D
ATA
ERROR
The hard drive cannot read the data. See "Drive Problems" on page 61.
T
HE
FILE
BEING
COPIED
IS
TOO
LARGE
FOR
THE
DESTINATION
DRIVE
The file that you are trying
to copy is too large to fit on the disk, or the disk is too full. Try copying the file to a different disk or use
a larger capacity disk.
A
FILENAME
CANNOT
CONTAIN
ANY
OF
THE
FOLLOWING
CHARACTERS
: \ / : * ? “ < > | —
Do not
use these characters in filenames.
I
NSERT
BOOTABLE
MEDIA
The operating system is trying to boot to a nonbootable CD.
Insert a bootable CD.
N
OT
ENOUGH
MEMORY
OR
RESOURCES
. E
XIT
SOME
PROGRAMS
AND
TRY
AGAIN
You have too
many programs open. Close all windows and open the program that you want to use.
O
PERATING
SYSTEM
NOT
FOUND
Reinstall the hard drive. See page 85. If the problem persists,
contact Dell. See "Contacting Dell" on page 113.