Solve : Vista Boot Problems?

1.	Solve : Vista Boot Problems?
Answer» I'm running Vista on an HP desktop. It has worked great for some TIME. However, when I tried to boot today it does not recognize OS software. Also, it does not read the original DVD for booting the system.First guess. Something happened to the C MOS battery. Sometimes all you have to do is put it in and out. (Also check for dust and oxidation or water damage.) Then go to the BIOS setup and confirm that it finds the drives. You may have to reset twice for it to find the drives. Please comae back here is that does not help.Quote from: Geek-9pm on November 13, 2009, 06:41:26 PM Sometimes all you have to do is put it in and out. If the battery is dead then it is dead, taking the old one out and putting it back in will do nothing. Replace the battery, they are only a couple of dollars. When you replace the battery make sure that you are grounded to the COMPUTER case to avoid killing anything with static electricity.Sometimes all you have to do is put it in and out. Quote from: Geek-9pm on November 13, 2009, 08:35:08 PM Sometimes all you have to do is put it in and out. sighExactly what happens when you boot?if the battery was not in fact dead and somehow contact was broken, removing and reinstalling it would restore the connection.Quote from: BC_Programmer on November 14, 2009, 09:30:21 AM if the battery was not in fact dead and somehow contact was broken, removing and reinstalling it would restore the connection. Agreed. The point however is that for a two dollar part you are better off replacing it if you are GOING through the trouble of removing it.Thanks for the advice. Everything's goodQuote from: lynnp on November 16, 2009, 01:21:22 PM Thanks for the advice. Everything's good Umm... ... what made everything good? Did you replace the battery, or what?

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I'm running Vista on an HP desktop. It has worked great for some TIME. However, when I tried to boot today it does not recognize OS software. Also, it does not read the original DVD for booting the system.First guess.
Something happened to the C MOS battery.

Sometimes all you have to do is put it in and out.
(Also check for dust and oxidation or water damage.)
Then go to the BIOS setup and confirm that it finds the drives. You may have to reset twice for it to find the drives.
Please comae back here is that does not help.Quote from: Geek-9pm on November 13, 2009, 06:41:26 PM

Sometimes all you have to do is put it in and out.

If the battery is dead then it is dead, taking the old one out and putting it back in will do nothing. Replace the battery, they are only a couple of dollars.

When you replace the battery make sure that you are grounded to the COMPUTER case to avoid killing anything with static electricity.Sometimes all you have to do is put it in and out.
Quote from: Geek-9pm on November 13, 2009, 08:35:08 PM

Sometimes all you have to do is put it in and out.

**sigh**Exactly what happens when you boot?if the battery was not in fact dead and somehow contact was broken, removing and reinstalling it would restore the connection.Quote from: BC_Programmer on November 14, 2009, 09:30:21 AM

if the battery was not in fact dead and somehow contact was broken, removing and reinstalling it would restore the connection.

Agreed. The point however is that for a two dollar part you are better off replacing it if you are GOING through the trouble of removing it.Thanks for the advice. Everything's goodQuote from: lynnp on November 16, 2009, 01:21:22 PM

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