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Question posted by sarkis on January 18th, 2013

Where Is The Bios Battery In A Dell Vostro 220s Computer And Is It Possible That

it could give me the followin message a disk error has occured press alt ctl del

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Answer #1: Posted by NiranjanvijaykumarAtDell on January 22nd, 2013 4:24 AM

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Hello sarkis,

I am from Dell Social Media and Community.

This error is not caused by the Bios Battery. It is related to the data on your hard drive.

Follow the link below to run a basic hardware test on your system.
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?docid=266787

If you get any error code, you can associate it to the list given in the link below.
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?c=us&docid=583411&doclang=en&l=en&s=gen&cs=

By removing and reinserting the Bios battery, you can reset the settings and this issue may be resolved.
Follow the link below to find the users manual for your system.

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/vos220/en/sqrg/sqrg_en.pdf

View the image to find the location of the battery.

If this has not helped you or if you need any further assistance, feel free to message me on Twitter(@NiranjanatDell). I will be happy to assist.

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Answer #2: Posted by NiranjanvijaykumarAtDell on January 22nd, 2013 4:25 AM

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