If you cannot play a cd, cd-rw, or dvd – Dell Inspiron 2650 User Manual
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Solving Problems
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If you cannot play a CD, CD-RW, or DVD
HINT: Because of
different worldwide file
types, not all DVD titles
work in all DVD drives.
High-speed CD drive vibration is normal and may cause noise. This noise
does not indicate a defect with the drive or the CD.
E
NSU R E
T H A T
T H E
D I S K
I S
NO T
W R I T E
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P R O T E C T E D
— You cannot save
data to a write-protected disk. See the following figure.
T
R Y
A N O T HE R
F L O P P Y
D I S K
— Insert another disk to eliminate the
possibility that the original disk is defective.
C
HE C K
T H E
D R IV E
F O R
E R R O R S
If the drive is a fixed drive:
1
Remove the hard drive.
2
Insert the Drivers and Utilities CD for your computer and turn on the
computer.
3
Verify that the
light is blinking, indicating normal operation.
C
L E A N
THE
D R IV E
— See "Cleaning Your Computer" in the Tell Me How
help file for instructions. To access the help file, see page 50.
write-protected
not write-protected
back of floppy disk
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