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Dvd drive problems, Hard drive problems – Dell XPS/Dimension XPS User Manual

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Solving Problems

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DVD drive problems

NOTE: Because of different regions worldwide and different disc formats, not all DVD titles

work in all DVD drives.

Hard drive problems

T

E S T

THE

D RI V E

W I T H

A N OT HE R

DVD — Insert another DVD to

eliminate the possibility that the original DVD is defective.

E

NSU R E

T H A T

W

IN D O W S

R EC O G NI Z E S

T H E

D R IV E

— Click the Start

button and click My Computer. If the DVD drive is not listed, perform a full scan

with your antivirus software to check for and remove viruses. Viruses can

sometimes prevent Windows from recognizing the drive.

C

L E A N

THE

D IS C

— See the

Dell™ Dimension™ Help

file for instructions

on cleaning your DVDs. To access help files, see page 4.

C

HE C K

F O R

IN T E R RU P T

RE Q U ES T

C O N F L I C T S

See page 71.

R

U N

C

HE C K

D

I S K

1

Click the Start button and click My Computer.

2

Right-click the drive letter (local disk) that you want to scan for errors, and

then click Properties.

3

Click the Tools tab.

4

Under Error-checking, click Check Now.

5

Click Start.

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