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80 Solving Problems
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Accessing Help
Error Messages
If the message is not listed, see the documentation for the operating system
or the program that was running at the time the message appeared.
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OW H E LP F IL E
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1
Click the Start button and click Help and Support .
2
Click User and system guides and click User’s guides .
3
Click Tell Me How .
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O A C C E S S HE LP I N
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I ND O W S
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1
Click the Start button and click Help and Support .
2
Type a word or phrase that describes your problem and then click the arrow
icon.
3
Click the topic that describes your problem.
4
Follow the instructions shown on the screen.
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HE FI LE BE I NG C O PI E D I S T O O L A RG E F O R T HE DE ST IN A T IO N
D R IV E
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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.
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F IL EN A ME C AN NO T C O NT A I N A NY O F T HE F O L L O W IN G
C HA R A C T ER S
: \ / : * ? “ < > | —
Do not use these characters in
filenames.
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N S E R T B O O T A B L E ME D IA
— The operating system is trying to boot to a
nonbootable floppy disk or CD. Insert a bootable floppy disk or CD.
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O N
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S YS T E M D I S K O R D IS K ER R O R
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A floppy disk is in the floppy drive.
Remove the floppy disk and restart the computer.