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hard drive boot problem

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I hope someone can help with this irrating problem. I have a dell dimension 3100, just replaced the old sata hard drive with a new one--put win xp pro on and all the drivers for the hardware--all is working fine.
The problem is when machine is booting up I always get the message no hard drive found at o--press f1 or f12--press f1 and all works just fine until computer is shut down and rebooted--same problem again.
Hope someone can help.
Thanks Bill
 
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Could be the CMOS battery has gone flat and needs changing. When it goes flat, the BIOS loses the hard drive configuration data. The battery is attached to the motherboard under a metal retaining clip, it's a round coin-type battery like those found in some electronic devices.
 
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