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Operating system not found See "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on
page 91. If the problem persists, see
"Getting Help" on page 107.
Please connect USB
keyboard/mouse to USB
ports on the back of the
computer
The keyboard and/or mouse is not
properly connected.
See "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on
page 82.
Plug and play
configuration error
An attached device is improperly
configured.
See "Troubleshooting Your System" on
page 79.
Read fault The operating system cannot read
from the diskette or hard drive, the
system could not find a particular
sector on the disk, or the requested
sector is defective.
See "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive"
on page 89 or "Troubleshooting a Hard
Drive" on page 91.
Requested sector not found The operating system cannot read
from the diskette or hard drive, the
system could not find a particular
sector on the disk, or the requested
sector is defective.
See "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive"
on page 89 or "Troubleshooting a Hard
Drive" on page 91.
Reset failed The disk reset operation failed. See "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive"
on page 89 or "Troubleshooting a Hard
Drive" on page 91.
Sector not found
Seek error
A faulty diskette drive or hard drive. See "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive"
on page 89 or "Troubleshooting a Hard
Drive" on page 91.
Shutdown failure A chip on the system board might be
malfunctioning.
Run the system diagnostics. See
"Running the System Diagnostics" on
page 97.
The amount of system
memory has changed
Memory has been added or removed,
or a memory module may be faulty.
If memory has been added or removed,
this message is informative and can be
ignored. If memory has not been added
or removed, check the SEL to determine
if single-bit or multi-bit errors were
detected and replace the faulty memory
module. See "Troubleshooting System
Memory" on page 87.
The 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.
Try increasing disk space on the
destination drive by deleting
unnecessary files.
Table 1-6. System Messages (continued)
Message Causes Corrective Actions
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