compaq presario notebook problems

wizdum

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Jan 28, 2002
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I reinstalled windows on my notebook a few days ago because i think it had a virus of some sort. the used the supplied "recovery disks" and everything seemed to go fine.

the next day i had left my computer on unplugged so the battery ran down all the way. normally it hibernates automatically at this point but i dont htink it did cause the battery was completely dead, so much so that it wouldn't do the normal orange flashing light when i press the power button saying the battery is dead.

once i got AC to it and powered it up the HDD is not being deteced. it doesn't show up in the bios and if i let it boot it says 'no operating system detected'

tech support does me no good at this point so i am assuming its either the hdd has gone bad... seems too random... the board ide thing is bad... (pray it isn't!) or my bios has gotten a worm of death! so i need to flash it.

Has anyone had a similiar problem?

thanks
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