Error messages – Dell OptiPlex 320 User Manual

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Error Messages

Print and fill out the

Diagnostics Checklist

as you complete these checks.

 

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

CAUTION:

Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions located in the Product Information Guide.

 

A filename cannot contain any of the following characters: \ / : * ? " < > |  —

  

Do not use these characters in filenames.

 

A required .DLL file was not found  —

 

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, click Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs.

2.

 

Select the program you want to remove.

3.

 

Click the Change or Remove Program icon.

4.

 

See the program documentation for installation instructions.

 

Alert! Previous attempts at booting this system have failed at checkpoint [nnnn]. For help in resolving this problem, please note this
checkpoint and contact Dell Technical Support  —

 

Contact Dell and report the checkpoint code (nnnn) to the support technician (see

Contacting Dell

).

 

Attachment failed to respond  —

 

See

Drive Problems

.

 

Bad command or file name  —

 

Ensure that you spelled the command correctly, put spaces in the proper place, and used the correct

pathname.

 

Bad error-correction code (ECC) on disk read  —

 

See

Drive Problems

.

 

Controller has failed  —

 

See

Drive Problems

.

 

Data error  —

 

See

Drive Problems

.

 

Decreasing available memory  —

 

See

Lockups and Software Problems

.

 

Diskette drive 0 seek failure  —

 

See

Drive Problems

.

 

Diskette read failure  —

 

See

Drive Problems

.

 

Diskette subsystem reset failed  —

 

Run the Dell Diagnostics. See

Dell Diagnostics

.

 

Diskette write protected  —

 

Slide the write-protect notch on the floppy disk to the open position.

 

Drive not ready  —

 

Put a floppy disk in the drive.

 

Gate A20 failure  —

 

See

Lockups and Software Problems

.

 

Hard-disk configuration error  —

 

 

Hard-disk controller failure  —

 

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