Windows 7 Problems

[Canary C]

Hi
Can some one please help me i have a Dell Latitude E6400 and i put in a new Battery and now i have lost every thing, on the screen it says put in the installation Disc but i did not get one with this Laptop It is a Recondition Laptop. i dont know a lot about computers so i need help on what to do.
Regards
Canary C

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi and welcome to SevenForums,
I'd go ahead and see about getting your personal files off the hard drive first with either of these,
http://www.sevenforums.com/software/198909-lucid-puppy-way-recover-files-non-bootable-computer.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/287439-emergency-kit-save-your-files-dead-os.html

After that we can get installation media or you can get it yourself using Chrome and this process,
Download Windows 7 and 8.1 ISO Images from Microsoft - gHacks Tech News

 

[johnny20]

Reinsert old battery. Same thing?

I don't know if this would work but you may try - remove battery, hold the power button continuously pressed for 30 seconds, re-insert battery, start computer, press f2 to go in bios, press f9 for default settings, press ok, press f10 press ok to save and exit.

 

[TechWin7]

Just a quick thought. He said a new battery caused this. Does he mean cmos or battery for power. It sounds more like cmos could cause this and resetting the bios could fix.

 

[MeOnMine]

I would say that being an older laptop the BIOS backup battery has run flat a while ago and the main battery has held BIOS memory.
Now that it has been replaced BIOS has been reset and needs to be re-configured.

TechWin7 helped me with my conclusion.

 

[TechWin7]

I guess I get the Kudos? I searched your model for the problems found a video on changing the cmos. It looks easy and I figured it could have been the cmos you were referring to.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
I guess the op left the building

 

[MeOnMine]

I guess I get the Kudos? I searched your model for the problems found a video on changing the cmos. It looks easy and I figured it could have been the cmos you were referring to.

Yes Kudos is all yours.
BIOS cmos, represent the same thing yes.
First thing I would change is IDE mode to AHCI or what ever the OS was loaded in.

Yes Thrash, all I hear is the echo of the OP's HDD shutting down.