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Diskette is write-protected. Use another diskette that is
not write-protected or
disable the write-protect
feature.
Writing to the wrong drive. Check the drive letter in your
path statement.
Not enough space is left on
the diskette.
Save the information to
another diskette.
Drive is disabled. Enable the proper drive
through Device Manager.
Disable diskette write ability is
turned on.
Run Computer Setup. Select
the Storage icon. Make sure
Disable diskette write ability
is not checked.
System cannot
start up from
diskette or
SuperDisk LS-120
drive.
A bootable diskette is not in
the drive.
Verify that a diskette with
the necessary system files is
in the drive.
Diskette bootability is disabled
in Computer Setup.
Enable diskette bootability in
Computer Setup, Security
menu.
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Hard Drive Problems
Problem Possible Cause Solution
Accessing information
on the hard drive is
much slower than
usual.
Hard drive entered low power
state due to timeout and is
now exiting from it.
Wait for the system to
restore the previously
saved data to its state prior
to initiating a low power
state.
Hard drive is fragmented/not
optimized or has errors.
Run ScanDisk and Disk
Defragmenter.
Hard drive does not
work.
Hard drive is not seated
properly.
Turn off and unplug the
computer, remove the hard
drive, and reinsert the hard
drive.
Errors occur after starting
from an additional hard drive.
Additional hard drive has
not been specially prepared
with necessary software.
Boot from the original hard
drive or a specially
prepared hard drive.
System does not
recognize a hard
drive.
The drive is not seated
properly.
Remove, then reinsert the
drive.
The drive is damaged. Try using the hard drive in
another bay to verify that
the problem is with the
drive.