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Chapter 13: Troubleshooting

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You see a “Non-system disk” or “Disk error” error message

Eject the diskette from the diskette drive, then press E

NTER

.

Make sure that the diskette you are using is IBM-compatible.

The diskette drive LED is lit continuously

Remove the diskette from the drive. If the light stays on, try restarting your
computer.

File management

A file was accidentally deleted

If the file was deleted at a DOS prompt or in Windows while holding down
the S

HIFT

key, the file cannot be restored.

To restore files that were deleted in Windows:

1

Double-click the

Recycle Bin

icon.

2

Right-click the file you want to restore, then click

Restore

. The file

is restored to the place where it was originally deleted from.

If the Recycle Bin was emptied before you tried to restore a file, the
file cannot be restored.

Help and

Support

For more information about restoring deleted files in
Windows XP, click Start, then click Help and Support.

Type the keyword

System Restore

in the Search box

, then click the arrow.

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