Re: Need Help

[edhel@LOSETHECAPITALWORDSbigfoot.com (Edhel Iaur, Esq.)]

On Sat, 25 Jul 1998 20:23:59 -0400 (EDT), savage300@webtv.net wrote:

>My problem now is when I
>insert a disk into the internal or external drive the monitor keeps
>saying" check disk drive" and nothing happens. When I first turn it on
>the power light lights and I hear a beep then the disk use light comes
>on and the drive motor spins then stops and the disk light goes out and
>then the message on the screen reads"check disk drive". Can someone
>please tel me what I'm doing wrong. By he way I have two computers and
>they both do the same thing. The software is the systems utilities,apple
>basic, apple at play and apple introduction so they are made for this
>computer.

Which way are you inserting the disks?  The oval-shaped cut-out should
be the first part inserted into the drive, and the label end should be
last.  Is the drive door closing correctly?
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