Error prompt and Countermeasures

If you do not understand English, do you have to worry about frequent English prompts? Of course, the best idea is to start learning English now. The future is the century of the Internet, most of the information on the Internet is in English. If you do not understand it, there is no means of communication. However, I would like to give you some common error prompts that are still necessary. If you do not understand them, check them.

[ENGLISH Note] Abort, Retry, Ignore, fail?
[Chinese] Quit, retry, ignore, cancel?
[Original cause] The command cannot be identified, or the disk or device error that causes the command to be unable to be executed may be caused by disk damage or the software drive door is not closed.
[Correct] Press the key to completely terminate and return to the DOS prompt.
Press the R key to execute the command again.
Press the I key to continue processing and ignore errors. It is very risky. We recommend that you do not use
Press the F key to continue the following operations without executing the problematic command. It is sometimes used.

[English prompt] Access Denied
[Chinese] Access Denied
[Original cause] attempts to open a file marked as read-only, stored on a write-protected disk, or locked on the network. This information is also generated if you use the "Type" command in a subdirectory or the "CD (chdir)" command in a file.
[Correct policy] You should use the "Attrib" command to delete the read-only status of the file or remove write protection from the disk, and then try again.

[English prompt] Bad Command or file name
[Chinese] incorrect command or file name
[Original cause] cannot identify input commands
[Policy] check to ensure that the input command is correct and the command file can be found in the specified directory or in the search Path specified by the Path command.

[English prompt] Boot error
[Chinese] boot Error
[Original cause] peripherals cannot be detected during boot.
[Correct policy] Check the computer's setting parameters. If the user cannot solve this problem, contact a dedicated maintenance personnel.

[English prompt] Cannot find system files
[Chinese] The system file cannot be found
[Original cause] tries to mount an operating system from a drive that does not contain system files.
[Correct policy] copy the system file to the root directory using the sys command. The Format/s command can be used to reformat the disk unless the system file cannot be recovered.

[English prompt] Cannot load command, system halted
[Chinese] command cannot be loaded, and the system stops
[Original cause] The application overwrites all or part of Command.com in the memory.
[Correct policy] You should reboot the computer and check whether the data modified by the application is complete. If necessary, copy Command.com to a subdirectory. In this way, DOS can find Command.com here when exiting the application.

[English prompt] Cannot read file allocation table
[Chinese] cannot read the file allocation table
[Original cause] The File Allocation Table is broken.
[Correct policy] If you can still find some data, back them up to an empty disk. You can also use the Chkdsk command to repair the file allocation table. You can reformat the disk as needed. If the problem persists, repair the drive or replace the drive.

[ENGLISH Note] Divide Overflow
[Chinese] allocation overflow, zero Division Error
[Original cause] the program may be written incorrectly, not properly debugged, or may conflict with other programs in the memory.
[Policy] Check other programs in memory or stop using this program.

[English prompt] Drive Not Ready Error
[Chinese] the drive is not ready
[Original cause] The drive does not exist or is not on the disk.
[Correct] Check the disk or change the disk.

[English prompt] Duplicate File Name or File Not Found
[Chinese] duplicate file name or not found
[Original cause] When a file is given a name, it is the same as an existing file or the file is manipulated without this file.
[Correct] Change the name or check the spelling of the file name.

[English prompt] Error loading operating system
[Chinese] operating system boot Error
[Original cause] the operating system file cannot be found or is damaged.
[Policy] use the SYS command to copy the operating system file to the drive. If necessary, copy the config. sys and autoexec. bat files to the root directory.

If the system file cannot be recovered, boot the system from the floppy disk, back up the data, and use the Format/s command to reformat the disk.

[ENGLISH Note] EXEC failure
[Chinese] File Execution failed
[Original cause] the executable file of the application contains an error that affects tracking, or the file cannot be opened because too many files have already been opened, the file may be incompatible with the current DOS version.
[Correct policy] Check the DOS version. if the version is correct, you can solve this problem by editing the Files command in Config. sys.

[English prompt] File allocation table bad
[Chinese] The File Allocation Table is corrupted.
[Original cause] The allocation table can be damaged for many reasons, such as virus attacks, sudden shutdown, and abnormal shutdown.
[Correct] Back up all data that can be found to an empty disk. Do not overwrite the previous backup. You can solve this problem by referencing the Chkdsk command. If necessary, reformat the floppy disk. If the problem persists, send the drive for repair.

[ENGLISH Note] File cannot be copied onto itself
[Chinese] the file cannot be copied to itself
[Original cause] you specify the same file in the source and target files, or forget to write the file name.
[Policy] Change the source or target file as needed, and then try again.

[English prompt] File creation Error
[Chinese] file creation error
The [original cause] may be that the disk does not have enough space for the files you want to create and the files you want to create already exist, it is a read-only file, or you want to replace the file name with an existing file name.
[Correct policy] You can change the disk, use another target name or location, or use the Attrib command to remove the read-only attribute of the file.

[English prompt] File not found
[Chinese] File not found
[Original cause] the file cannot be found in the current directory or any directory specified by Path or Append Command, or the specified directory is empty.
[Correct] check the spelling and location of file names. If you need to change the search path.

[ENGLISH Note] General failure
[Chinese] General failure
[Original cause] DOS cannot judge the cause of the error, generally because the disk in the drive is not formatted or formatted into a non-DOS system.
[Correct policy] reformat the disk.

[English prompt] Incorrect DOS version
[Chinese] DOS version does not match
[Original cause] An external command of different versions is entered.
[Policy] Use setver to set the version or use the correct executable file.

[ENGLISH Note] Insufficient Disk Space
[Chinese] insufficient disk space
[Original cause] there is no available space on the disk to copy or create files.
[Correct] You can delete useless files or replace a larger disk.

[ENGLISH Note] Insufficient memory
[Chinese] insufficient memory
[Original cause] There is not enough memory to process user-input commands, which generally refers to the basic memory.
[Policy] Delete memory resident files or optimize memory management. You can also add more memory to the system to adapt to applications.

[English prompt] Invalid directory
[Chinese] invalid directory
[Original cause] An invalid directory name or a non-existing directory name is entered.
[Correct policy] Check the directory spelling.

[ENGLISH Note] Invalid Drive Specification
[Chinese] invalid drive Definition
[Original cause] This drive does not exist at all and may be misspelled. If the optical drive cannot be specified, the driver may not be installed.
[Correct policy] reinstall the optical drive.

[English prompt] Invalid filename or file not found
Invalid file name or file not found
[Original cause] The input file name contains invalid characters or wildcards, or the Reserved Device name is used as the file name.
[Correct policy] Try using different file names.

[ENGLISH Note] Invalid Media, track 0 Bad or Unusable
Invalid format. 0 channels are damaged or unavailable.
[Original cause] the disk is usually damaged.
[Correct policy] Change the disk.

[ENGLISH Note] Invalid parameter
[Chinese] invalid Parameters
[Original cause] no correct parameters are specified in the command line, or there are repeated or forbidden parameters.
[Correct] check the spelling or syntax of command input.

[ENGLISH Note] Invalid partition table
[Chinese] invalid Partition Table
[Original cause] the hard disk partition information is incorrect.
[Correct policy] Back up the data that can be found and run Fdisk to reset the hard disk partition.

[English prompt] Invalid path, not directory, or directory not empty
Invalid path, non-directory, or directory is not empty
[Original cause] The system cannot locate the specified directory, Or you enter a file name to replace the directory name, or the directory contains files (or subdirectories) and cannot be deleted.
[Correct policy] Check the directory name spelling. If the directory is empty, it may contain an implicit file. Use the Dir/ah command to display any hidden files and use attrib to change the attributes, deleted.

[ENGLISH Note] Invalid syntax
[Chinese] Invalid Syntax
[Original cause] The system cannot process the syntax format of user input.
[Correct policy] Check the correct file format and try again.

[Note] No fixed disk Present
[Chinese] No Hard Disk
[Original cause] The system cannot detect the existence of the hard disk.
[Policy] Check the set drive class parameters. If this problem cannot be solved, send it to repair.

[English prompt] Non-System Disk or Disk Error
[Chinese] non-system disk or disk error
[Original cause] The system file cannot be found in the current disk.
[Policy] Insert a disk containing system files or reboot the computer.

[ENGLISH Note] Not enough memory
[Chinese] insufficient memory
[Original cause] See Insufficient memory
[Policy]

[Note] not ready, READING DRIVE X
[Chinese] drive X is not ready
[Original cause] There is no disk in the specified drive or the door is not closed.
[Policy] Insert a disk to a specified drive or close the drive door.

[ENGLISH Note] Program too big to fit in memory
[Chinese] memory cannot be loaded if it is too large
[Original cause] See Insufficient memory
[Policy]

[ENGLISH Note] Required Parameter missing
[Chinese] missing necessary parameters
[Original cause] See Invalid Parameter
[Policy]

[ENGLISH Note] Too program open files
[Chinese] Too many files are opened
The [original cause] exceeds the number of opened files specified by the system.
[Policy] use the Files command in the Config. sys file to increase the maximum number and reboot the computer.

[English prompt] Unrecognized command in CONFIG. SYS
[Chinese] unrecognized commands in config. sys
[Original cause] commands in the Config. sys file cannot be identified during system boot.
Modify the config. sys file to correct invalid rows.

[English prompt] Write fault error
[Chinese] Write failure Error
[Original cause] The system cannot write data on the disk.
[Correct policy] Remove the disk and re-insert it. If it still does not work, run Chkdsk or Scandisk. If the disk cannot be recovered, discard it.

[English prompt] Write protect error
[Chinese] Write protection Error
[Original cause] Write protection on the disk
[Correct] Remove the disk, Remove write protection, and try again.