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I agree. Seems to be the battery. I have 2 laptops, an new HP and an old Dell. The Dell's battery is completely gone so I don't even keep it in the laptop. If the power cable comes out... Pooped.
What a coincidence! One of my friends has an old Dell laptop as well, and when he pulls the power cable out the battery may as well not have a battery as it dies instantly. This gives him a few hard drive problems (eg updates messing up sometimes) but nothing serious (yet). Both my HPs have duff batteries, one dies after 30 seconds, th other dies after 15 minutes :P