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 Depending on the model of your Toshiba system, you will want to see one of these articles:
-  * [[How do I boot my T3100e with an empty CMOS battery]]
-  * [[How do I boot my T3200SX with an empty CMOS battery]]
+  * [[How do I boot my computer with an empty CMOS battery]]
 **Q: How can I access the built-in BIOS ?**\\
 **A:** To boot your computer into BIOS, do the following:
   * Press **CTRL + SHIFT + F10** when the computer powers on.
-  * If this does not work, you may use the TEST3.EXE utility, a little program by Toshiba which will open up the BIOS settings from a DOS environment. You might want to include this utility in your computer recovery disk. To download the TEST3 utility, see the [[Files and Resources]] section.
+  * If this doesn't work, but you are able to boot the system from hard disk or floppy disk, you may want to boot the system, then manually run the TEST3.EXE utility, a little program by Toshiba which will open up the BIOS settings from a DOS environment. You might want to include this utility in your computer recovery/boot disk. To download the TEST3 utility, see the [[Files and Resources]] section.
 **Q: I am still unable to access the BIOS.**\\
-**A:** When the computer BIOS battery runs empty, it will clear all BIOS settings and will prompt you to review the system settings on power-up. This may be used to your advantage to get into BIOS. To force this behavior, disconnect the clock battery entirely. Wait for a few minutes and power up the computer again. The computer will ask the user to review the default settings. Please refer to [[How do I boot my T3200SX with an empty CMOS battery]]
+**A:** When the computer BIOS battery runs empty, it will clear all BIOS settings and will prompt you to review the system settings on power-up. This may be used to your advantage to get into BIOS. To force this behavior, you need to disassemble the computer and disconnect the clock battery entirely.
+To access the clock battery, you need to disassemble the computer. Please see instructions here: [[http://omolini.steptail.com/t3200sx/mirror/www.ailis.de/~k/archives/21-Toshiba-T3200-SXC.html|The Toshiba T3200SXC and how to disassemble it]].
+Once disassembled, wait for a few minutes and power up the computer again. The computer will ask the user to review the default settings. Please refer to instructions on how to boot a T3100 or T3200 series computer from the following article:
+  * [[How do I boot my computer with an empty CMOS battery]]
 **Q: My computer does not hold settings or time**\\
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   - Re-flash your BIOS chip with the 3CH BIOS found in the files-section, and again use ANYDRIVE to circumvent any size limitations. There is a well written BIOS re-flashing guide in the files page in the section labeled Documentation.
-On older Toshiba T3200SX machines (BIOS 003C) the computer will boot with any peripheral IDE drive, but you may still need to use ANYDRIVE to circumvent the BIOS hard-disk size limitations, because older BIOSes assume the hard disk is 40 MB. It may boot, but using the computer could cause hard drive corruption. With ANYDRIVE enabled, the program will manually reprogram the BIOS to use whatever size hard disk you want and utilize up to 512 megabytes on the hard drive. The program installs inside the Master Boot Record (MBR), so that it will run every time the computer starts.
+On older Toshiba T3200SX(C) machines (BIOS 003C) the computer will boot with any peripheral IDE drive, but you may still need to use ANYDRIVE to circumvent the BIOS hard-disk size limitations, because older BIOSes assume the hard disk is 40 MB. It may boot, but using the computer could cause hard drive corruption. With ANYDRIVE enabled, the program will manually reprogram the BIOS to use whatever size hard disk you want and utilize up to 512 megabytes on the hard drive. The program installs inside the Master Boot Record (MBR), so that it will run every time the computer starts. To download ANYDRIVE, please refer to the following page:
+  * [[Files and Resources]]
+<< [[..:toshiba_t-series_support|Back to T-series Support page]]
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