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HELP!!! Dell 's INSPIRON 8000 'no bootable drives'.

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mk   08-02-2004 at 05:19:59 AM

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This is regarding the 5 year old INSPIRON 8000 (past the warranty). The
crazy problem is that the Laptop may or may not boot.
When it does not boot up- the message is 'no bootable drives'.
When it boots up- no problem.
For the last 6 days it did not boot.
Last night it booted up. I had the DFT utility (from Hitachi- the TRAVELSTAR
HARD DRIVE ) as a start up disk and I checked and determined that the Hard
disk passed all tests.
When I rebooted after the test- the message is 'no bootable' and the lap top
wouldn't start again.
Is it possible that there is a loose connection someplace which is 'finding'
or 'not finding' the hard drive. If so how to fix it?

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Anonymous   08-03-2004 at 04:09:18 PM
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You might want to check your CMOS battery. Although the failure of the
battery usually leads a completely dead machine, there are a myriad
of problems that a failing battery will cause.

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