Error messages – Dell XPS/Dimension XPS User Manual

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Solving Problems

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Error Messages

If the message is not listed, see the documentation for the operating system or the program
that was running when the message appeared.

A

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 I N G

C HA R A CT ER S

: \ / : * ? “ < > | — Do not use these characters in

filenames.

A

R E Q UI R E D

.DLL

FI LE

W A S

NO T

F O U ND

— The program that you are

trying to open is missing an essential file. To remove and then reinstall the

program:

1

Click the Start button and click Control Panel.

2

Click Add or Remove Programs.

3

Select the program you want to remove.

4

Click the Change or Remove Program icon.

5

See the program documentation for installation instructions.

I

N S E R T

B O O T A B L E

M E D IA

— The operating system is trying to boot to a

nonbootable floppy disk or CD. Insert a bootable floppy disk or CD.

N

O N

-

S YS T E M

D I S K

E R R O R

— A floppy disk is in the floppy drive. Remove

the floppy disk and restart the computer.

N

O T

E N O UG H

ME M O R Y

O R

R E S O UR C E S

. C

L O S E

SOME

P R O G R AM S

AN D

T R Y

A GA I N

— You have too many programs open. Close all windows and open

the program that you want to use. In some cases, you might have to restart your

computer to restore computer resources. If so, run the program that you want to

use first.

O

P E RA T I NG

S Y S T E M

NO T

F O U ND

Contact Dell (see page 129).

T

HE

FI LE

BE I NG

C OP I E D

I S

T O O

L A RG E

F O R

T HE

D E ST IN A T IO N

D R IV E

— The file that you are trying to copy is too large to fit on the disk. Try

copying the file to a blank disk or using a larger-capacity disk.

x:\

I S

N O T

AC C E S S I B L E

. T

H E

D E V IC E

IS

N O T

R E A D Y

— The floppy

drive cannot read the disk. Insert a floppy disk into the drive and try again.

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