Light on front of laptop shows red and battery

The hard drive is dead. Replace the hard drive, add an OS like Linux (free) and away you go. Next time don't buy a computer from someone you don't know.

Same answer.

battery, power cable,

I have the very same problem, the Drive light turns red, the screen is "black" and the battery charging light indicator on the front is off. No differance if I'm traying to power up on battery or AC-adapter.

Before this problem appeared I had problems where the laptop was powering off, with no warning, and I had to restart it. This happened several times and was going on for about a week before it died totally. Can it be the CMOS battery on the mother board? Anyone having clue what the problem could be?

Remove the battery and try to turn on the laptop without the cord plugged in to allow the device to completely discharge. Put the battery back in and hold the power button in for 45 seconds, the lights should flash and then turn the laptop on normally.

This always works for my laptop.

try a new battery. It might be a bad brand of battery.

Are you trying to install Windows XP on your laptop that has a SATA drive in the laptop?
And during the Windows XP install it cannot find a hard drive?
The reason why Windows install does not work is because Windows XP does not have a SATA driver support and therefore cannot find the hard disk.
THE FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM.
Go into your BIOS and turn off Native SATA support or set it to IDE controller (this setting depends on the type of BIOS). Save the setting and reboot and you will be able to install Windows XP.

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hi friend,

it may the battery prob in your laptop. The battery life is maximum one year or two year in most of the laptop . You must check the battery in the show rooms or any other service centers.thanks

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