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Dusty Heifner

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November 6th, 2002 11:00

Replacing Battery

Will I lose everything on my hard-drive when I replace the barrery?
  • Dave Lyle

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    Posted November 6th, 2002 12:00

    No, the battery has nothing to do with the HDD.
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    Posted November 6th, 2002 13:00

    no you will not lose any data on your HDD (harddisk drive) but you will lose the data in CMOS.  so recored al your BiOS settings before removing it.  then again if you are removing it because it is dead you have probably already lost your BiOS.

    welcome-in-advance

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    Posted November 6th, 2002 14:00

    Thank you very much for the info...I did replace it and now it seems to be working great!
  • kamikaasje

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    Posted November 12th, 2002 13:00

    At the risk of stating the obvious, how about Notebooks?  :)

    But that was not the type of battery this question was about. All PC's have batteries (usually on the motherboard itself). How else do you think your PC remembers the date and time for instance if you turn it off?

  • hockey4_mom

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    Posted November 12th, 2002 13:00

    What computers have batteries???
  • Ziwpiz

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    Posted November 12th, 2002 19:00

    All computers have batteries, or I should say battery.
    It is mounted on your mother board and keeps your CMOS information. The battery also keeps the time, so if your computer displays the incorrect time, or loses time you may need a new one.

    It is usally a 3-V (3 Volt) CR2032 battery.
    Look in the manual that came with your computer.

     
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