If You Hear An Unfamiliar Scraping Or Grinding Sound; Hard Drive Problems; E-Mail, Modem, And Internet Problems - Dell Inspiron 710M Owner's Manual

If you hear an unfamiliar scraping or grinding sound

• Ensure that the sound is not caused by the program that is running.
• Ensure that the disk or disc is inserted properly.

Hard drive problems

L L O W T H E C O M P U T E R T O C O O L B E F O R E T U R N I N G I T O N
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operating system from starting. Try allowing the computer to return to room temperature before turning
it on.
U N H E C K
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Click the Start button and click My Computer.
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Right-click Local Disk C:.
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Click Properties.
4
Click the Tools tab.
5
Under Error-checking, click Check Now.
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Click Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors.
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Click Start.

E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems

CAUTION:
Product Information Guide.
NOTE:
Connect the modem to an analog telephone jack only. The modem does not operate while it is
connected to a digital telephone network.
C H E C K T H E
e-mail attachments:
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In Outlook Express, click Tools, click Options, and then click Security.
2
Click Do not allow attachments to remove the checkmark.
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Solving Problems
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Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions in the
U T L O O K ®
M I C R O S O F T O E
— A hot hard drive may prevent the
X P R E S S S E C U R I T Y S E T T I N G S — If you cannot open your