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BIOS warning after CMOS replacement

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by redler

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I just replaced my CMOS battery in a Win 98 system. I receive a warning during the boot-up process stating, "The disk boot sector needs modified, press 'Y' for yes, or any key to cancel". Regardless of selecting 'Y' or 'cancel', the Win 98 O/S comes up, with no visible abnormalities. Is this something to be concerned about, and what do I do to fix it?

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by dmiles

Boot computer and hit appropiate key to enter the BIOS control panel and check the configurations,the battery may have been out long enough that you may have lost some of your bios configurations
Use the computer manual to reset the configuration.See which drive is listed as first choice to boot OS(hard drive,cd-rom,a:drive)

by redler

Considered all and checked each setting before and after CMOS battery replacement. The battery was out of syetem no more than 6 seconds.

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