Gateway GM5688E - Manual (Page 85)

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Diskette drive
The diskette drive is not recognized
• Shut down and restart your computer.
You cannot save a file to diskette or you see the message
“disk is full or write-protected”
• Make sure that the write-protection tab on the
upper-right corner of the diskette is down (unprotected).
• Delete unnecessary files on the diskette and try again.
• Make sure that the diskette you are using is
IBM-compatible.
• Try a different diskette. Occasionally diskettes are flawed
and cannot be read by the diskette drive.
• Run Error-checking on the diskette. For more
information, see
“Checking the hard drive for errors” on
page 64 . If errors are detected and corrected, try using
the diskette again.
You see an “Access Denied” or “Write protect” error
message
• Move the write-protection tab in the upper-right corner
of the diskette down (unprotected).
• The diskette may be full. Delete unnecessary files on the
diskette and try again.
• Make sure that the diskette you are using is
IBM-compatible.
• Try a different diskette. Occasionally diskettes are flawed
and cannot be read by the diskette drive.
You see a “Disk is full” error message
• Delete unnecessary files on the diskette.
• Try a different diskette. Occasionally diskettes are flawed
and cannot be read by the diskette drive.
• Run Error Checking on the diskette. For more
information, see
“Checking the hard drive for errors” on
page 64 .
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.
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