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Trouble with Floppy Disks, Trouble with the Hard Disk, Trouble with the Optical Drive

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pressing the power switch. Question: Why does the glide pad malfunction? • The surface of the glide pad or your palm may be moist or dirty and grease. Wipe the glide pad with a soft, dry cloth. Trouble with Floppy Disks Question: Why can't I use a floppy disk? • Confirm the external floppy disk drive unit is correctly connected. • Confirm the floppy disk is inserted correctly. • Confirm the drive or file name is correct. • The floppy disk may not be formatted or could be corrupted. Format the disk or use another disk. • If you boot the system with an operating system that does not support the USB port, not using a floppy disk drive, you cannot use the USB floppy disk drive. Set the USB FDD to Enabled in Boot menu of the Setup Utility. • If you cannot write to a floppy disk, the disk may be write-protected. Eject the disk and ensure that the write-protect tab covers the detection hole. • If you cannot write to a floppy disk, the disk may be full. Use another disk. Trouble with the Hard Disk Question: Why can't I read or write data to/from the hard disk? • Confirm the drive and file names are correct. • Confirm the hard disk has sufficient free space. Trouble with the Optical Drive Question: Why can't I read data from a compact disc or play files? • Confirm the CD is inserted correctly. • Confirm the drive and file names are correct. • Confirm the CD is not stained or scratched. • Confirm the CD or files are supported. • Confirm the optical drive unit is correctly installed to the computer. T-5 Troubleshooting

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T-5
Troubleshooting
pressing the power switch.
Question: Why does the glide pad malfunction?
•
The surface of the glide pad or your palm may be moist or dirty and grease. Wipe
the glide pad with a soft, dry cloth.
Trouble with Floppy Disks
Question: Why can't I use a floppy disk?
•
Confirm the external floppy disk drive unit is correctly connected.
•
Confirm the floppy disk is inserted correctly.
•
Confirm the drive or file name is correct.
•
The floppy disk may not be formatted or could be corrupted. Format the disk or use
another disk.
•
If you boot the system with an operating system that does not support the USB
port, not using a floppy disk drive,
you cannot use the USB floppy disk drive. Set
the
USB FDD
to
Enabled
in
Boot
menu of the Setup Utility.
•
If you cannot write to a floppy disk, the disk may be write-protected. Eject the disk
and ensure that the write-protect tab covers the detection hole.
•
If you cannot write to a floppy disk, the disk may be full. Use another disk.
Trouble with the Hard Disk
Question: Why can't I read or write data to/from the hard disk?
•
Confirm the drive and file names are correct.
•
Confirm the hard disk has sufficient free space.
Trouble with the Optical Drive
Question: Why can’t I read data from a compact disc or play files?
•
Confirm the CD is inserted correctly.
•
Confirm the drive and file names are correct.
•
Confirm the CD is not stained or scratched.
•
Confirm the CD or files are supported.
•
Confirm the optical drive unit is correctly installed to the computer.