Welcome to the Dell Community @jwc72 

Do you have to reset Date & Time every time it boots into the BIOS setup???

Does your main battery hold a charge???

Best regards,

U2

hi

No i don't have to reset the date / time 

Every time i shutdown the laptop - the next restart it boots into bios 

The battery holds the charge nicely 

if i press the esc and the crtl key - i don't get  the recover bios on this laptop

This Dell support document may help. Also make sure that the boot order is correct in the BIOS. Finally try a reset. Disconnect the battery and adapter then press and hold down the power button for 30 seconds. Then reconnect everything and try to boot again.

Hi,

no still the same 

@jwc72 

Try disabling "Fast Boot" in your BIOS.

Regards,

U2