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    Upgrading the Hard Drive in an IBM Thinkpad

    When I switch on the computer I can hear the HD start spinning (but not for very long as once the system realizes there is no operating system installed during the boot-up, the laptop pretty much hybernates). How would I go about resetting the BIOS?
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    Upgrading the Hard Drive in an IBM Thinkpad

    I have an IBM Thinkpad Notebook, about 5 years old. 1.8Ghz and 512 RAM. I am attempting to change from a 40G IDE HD to an 80G IDE HD after the laptop stopped booting with the following error "cannot detect Hard drive" I've installed the new HD and attempted to re-install Windows XP but I am...

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