Dell Latitude C540 - Manual (Page 60)

No boot device available - The computer cannot find the floppy disk or hard drive. If
the floppy drive is your boot device, ensure that a bootable floppy disk is in the drive.
If the hard drive is your boot device, ensure that the drive is installed, properly
seated, and partitioned as a boot device.
No boot sector on hard drive - The operating system may be corrupted. Contact Dell .
No timer tick interrupt - A chip on the system board may be malfunctioning. Run the
System Set tests as described in " Using the Dell Diagnostics ."
Non-system disk or disk error - A floppy disk is in the floppy drive. Remove the floppy
disk and restart the computer.
Not a boot diskette - The operating system is trying to boot to a nonbootable floppy
disk. Insert a bootable floppy disk.
Operating system not found - Contact Dell .
Optional ROM bad checksum - The optional ROM apparently failed. Contact Dell .
A required .DLL file was not found - The program that you are trying to open is
missing an essential file. Remove and then reinstall the program.
Microsoft® Windows XP
Click the Start button. 1.
Click Control Panel. 2.
Click Add or Remove Programs. 3.
Select the program you want to remove. 4.
Click Remove or Change/Remove and follow the prompts on the screen. 5.
See the program documentation for installation instructions. 6.
Windows 2000
Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 1.
Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. 2.
Select the program that you want to remove. 3.
Click Change or Remove Programs. 4.
See the program documentation for installation instructions. 5.
Sector not found - The operating system cannot locate a sector on the floppy or hard
drive. You may have a defective sector or corrupted FAT on the floppy disk or hard
drive. Run the Windows error-checking utility to check the file structure on the floppy
disk or hard drive. See Windows Help for instructions. If a large number of sectors are
defective, back up the data (if possible), and then reformat the floppy disk or hard
drive.
Seek error - The operating system cannot find a specific track on the floppy disk or
hard drive. If the error is on the floppy disk, try another floppy disk.