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Startup error messages – Texas Instruments 4000M User Manual

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Startup Error Messages

No boot device

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available - press F1

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to retry boot

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No boot sector on

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fixed disk - Press F1
to retry boot

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Non-System disk or

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disk error. Replace
and press any key

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when ready

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Time-of-day not set

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Press F1 to try loading MS-DOS again.
Replace the floppy if you are loading MS DOS from
a floppy.
Press Ctrl-Alt-Esc to ensure that the drive type is
set correctly in Setup.

Press F1 to try loading MS-DOS from the hard disk
again.
Load MS DOS from a floppy, and try to display a
directory of drive C. If you cannot display a
directory, the hard disk may need to be reformatted.

Caution: Reformatting erases all of the data
on the hard disk. Reformat your hard disk
only as a last resort.

Eject floppy from floppy drive, and press a key to
load MS DOS from the hard disk.
Insert a floppy containing MS-DOS in the floppy
drive, and press a key.
Press Ctrl-Alt-Esc to ensure that the drive type is
set correctly in Setup.

The battery sustaining the system configuration has
failed. Follow the procedure in this chapter to
restore the configuration.

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