Chapter
14/
Problems
and
Error Messages
Error
writing
boot
sector
to
destination
All floppy
disks-both
data
and system
disks-must
have a boot
sector
so
that
they may be used
by
the system. The disk is
either defective or needs to be reformatted.
Errors
writing
to
the
system
cannot
continue
Make
sure
you have a diskette
in
the drive specified by FOR-
MAT
and
the
drive door is closed. Make
sure
any write-protect
tab
is removed from
the
diskette to FORMAT.
If
the
error per-
sists, your diskette is unusable.
EXEC
failure
MS-DOS either found
an
error when reading a command, or
the
FILES command
in
the
CONFIG.SYS file
has
the number of
files
set
too
low.
Increase the value and
restart
MS-DOS.
file
canceled
by
operator
This
is a reminder only.
You
used
the
IC
parameter
with
PRINT
to cancel
the
current
file
in
the print queue.
File
cannot
be
converted
The source file is not
in
the
correct format. CS:IP does not meet
either
criterion
discussed
in
the
EXE2BIN
command.
CS:IP
meets
the
.com file criterion
but
has segment fixups. The file is
not a valid executable file.
File
cannot
be
copied
onto
itself
You
tried to
copy
a file to a file
that
has the same name.
Either
change
the
-name of your
copy,
or
put
it
in
a different directory
or on a different disk.
File
creation
error
You
tried unsuccessfully to add a file to
the
directory.
You
either
exceeded
the
files per directory, or
the
file already exists and is
perhaps a read-only file. Run CHKDSK to determine
if
some
other condition caused
the
error.
File
not
found
The specified file does not exist
in
the specified directory or
the
current
directory. Use the DIR command to see which directory
the
file is in. Also check
the
spelling of the filename.
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