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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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