Dell Inspiron XPS, Manual

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Solving Problems
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N ON - SYSTEM DISK OR DISK ERROR —
A floppy disk is in the floppy drive.
Remove the floppy disk and restart the computer.
N T L D R IS MISSING —
Essential system files are missing or corrupt. Use the
following instructions to make new copies of the files from your Operating
System CD:
1
Insert the
Operating System
CD and turn on your computer.
2
At the Welcome to Setup screen, press <r> to choose Repair using Recovery
Console .
3
When prompted for the particular Windows XP installation you want to log
onto, press <1>.
4
In the next screen you will be prompted to enter the administrator password;
enter the password if you have one. If no password is set, press <Enter>.
5
When
c:\winnt>
(or
c:\>
) appears, type:
copy x:\i386\ntdlr c:\
6
The message
1 file(s) copied
appears.
7
Type
copy x:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\
(where x : is the drive letter of
your CD drive).
8
The message
1 file(s) copied
appears.
9
Remove the
Operating System
CD and press <Ctrl><Alt><Del> to shut
down and then restart the computer.
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 —
Contact Dell (see page 152).
A REQUIRED . D L L FILE WAS NOT FOUND — The program that you are trying to
open is missing an essential file. Remove and then reinstall the program.
1
Click the Start button.
2
Click Control Panel .
3
Click Add or Remove Programs .
4
Select the program you want to remove.
5
Click Remove or Change/Remove and follow the prompts on the screen.
6
See the program documentation for installation instructions.
X
: \
IS NOT ACCESSIBLE
. T
HE DEVICE IS NOT READY
—
Insert a disk into the
drive and try again.