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gulogulo

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Tue Dec-21-04 10:16 AM
Response to Reply #34

37. When a CMOS battery dies in an old computer

some settings are lost, including date/time and hard disk parameters without which the hard disk cannot be accessed. In order to re-input those parameters you have to open up the machine and look at which hard disk is installed, then possibly phone it in so someone can look up what the parameters are (if they are not listed on the label on the hard disk itself).

What they're saying about the "hard disk repair" (not repair really but reset) is quite plausible.

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