Re: how to get computer going after removal of battery from comput

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From: joey (slurp___slurp_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/28/04 

Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 01:05:08 -0700

hi no it is not a laptop it is a home computer and when it stsrts up it goes
to a dos prompt the actual battery was off the motherboard these people took
out and lucky for them they did not break anything .the driver disks and cd's
that came with the computer where stolen out of her car so im at a loss for
helping her . is there anyway i can just re install the windows from cd and
some how install drivers to access this drive ? or should i just take it to
an actual computer expert?

"Mark Micallef" wrote:

> Hi Joey,
>
> You might get more help in a Windows support newsgroup (this one is for
> Office). That said, this little ramble may help:
>
> Firstly, is your friend using a laptop? This may sound like a silly
> question, but there's two types of batteries used in a computer - one
> that would stuff things up if removed, and one that won't.
>
> If its the laptop's main battery (usually big squarish thing that slots
> out easily from the front or bottom), then removing it should make no
> difference to the computer (so long as it was already powered down when
> the battery was removed). If the laptop was powered on and, for example,
> sitting at the login screen, then yanking the battery *might* (but not
> necessarily) cause some corruption that would then stop Windows from
> working properly, but even so its kind of unlikely.
>
> If it was the little round battery (similar to a watch battery but a bit
> bigger) that sits on a computer's motherboard (known as the CMOS
> battery, you'd actually have to open the computer up to remove it, and
> you're likely to break the clip if you don't know how to remove it
> properly), then removing that in many computers would generally cause
> all kinds of hell the next time you try to power on. That little battery
> allows your computer to remember its most basic settings, like what
> other components are installed on the computer, and where to load the
> operating system (Windows) from.
>
> I know this isn't a solid answer for you, but a little more info is
> needed to tackle this one. When you say the "drivers can't be found",
> how is this apparent? EXACTLY what do you see on the screen? Please
> re-type it in your reply WORD FOR WORD - this is important to diagnose
> the problem, since we can't see what's going on in your friends computer
> (imagine calling up your car mechanic and saying the car can't find the
> petrol - is it a hole in the petrol tank? a faulty fuel pump? a leaky
> hose? or maybe just out of fuel? the more precise the info, the better
> your chances of getting some useful solution from someone here).
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>
> joey wrote:
>
> > Hi I have a friend who has a computer that has had the battery taken out for
> > about 5 mins and put back in and now i would like to know the procedure of
> > getting it back going again! all the drivers for the computer are not to be
> > found and well i have a xp pro disk and i think she might have the original
> > office xp disk that was on her computer before the battery was removed but
> > am completely unsure . i think the battery was removed because she forgot the
> > windows log in password and i guess by removing the battery she thought it
> > might help!! lolso any help on this would be greatly appreciated . i
> > basically know how to do things if im instructed what to do im not 100%
> > computer illiterate so any help would be great thanks jo-jo
>

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