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blank screen
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thudude
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29. January 2008 @ 21:38 |
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my son has a compaq presario R4000 , he put a cd in & it froze so he shut it down & when he tried to start it up windows wouldnt load just a blank screen , everytime when we start up it goes to we appoligise for the inconvience blah blah blah we tried safe mode & all we get are repeated line of multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partion & so on ... we would appreciate any suggestion that you can give me ...thanks
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30. January 2008 @ 03:35 |
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have you tried last known good configuration?
if so try putting your xp disc in and booting to the recovery console
type chkdsk /r /f at the command prompt
i7 3770 12GB ram terrabyte sata drive 1 750Gb sata drive 285GTX graphics Sony dvdwriter same NZXT Nemesis case
Still playing Black Hawk Down why did I upgrade?
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thudude
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30. January 2008 @ 16:19 |
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he cant find the recovery disk & doesnt remember if it came with one , now when we turn it on the logo comes on then it goes to black screen with blinking bar in the top left corner
i went to there help site & tried there sug. but nothing helped
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thudude
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31. January 2008 @ 18:20 |
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just need some help on how to get the pc to boot up
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ddp
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31. January 2008 @ 22:31 |
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troybunda
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4. February 2008 @ 01:34 |
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Sounds like your Boot Sector is corrupted. you can request new restore cd's from HP.
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thudude
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4. February 2008 @ 20:10 |
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can i just put in backup copy of windows xp & reformat the hd , i know i will loose all the previous info on the pc & thats ok aslong as i can get it going like new again ...thanks
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RottenKid
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4. February 2008 @ 20:44 |
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From the line listed your system doesn't know where the boot partition is. Maybe you boot record went bad or it was written on a bad sector.
In recovery console of the windows cd, fixmbr and fixboot those commands should get you back up and running.
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thudude
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6. February 2008 @ 19:26 |
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thanks guys for the help ...here is where i am now ...when i start up the pc i hit esc button to get the boot menu here is the what i see ...1. floppy disc drive
2. cd rom drive
3. * hard drive
4. network adapter
hard drive has a star in front is that the start up or is the floppy cause it is # 1 i highlite cd rom for the boot up then hit enter button & it goes back to blank screen with the blinking cursor on the top left ..how can i get it to boot up with cd rom thanks
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thudude
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6. February 2008 @ 19:52 |
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ok i figured it out how to change the order , i tried with cd rom as first no go then tried hd being first & that didnt work so im still with the blank screen & blinking light
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LiveChaos
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6. February 2008 @ 20:44 |
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what function keys are available when you see the logo screen?
you may be able to get to a built in system recovery from that logo screen.
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thudude
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6. February 2008 @ 21:01 |
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ic f10 & f12
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thudude
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6. February 2008 @ 21:02 |
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and esc
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thudude
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6. February 2008 @ 21:13 |
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Originally posted by LiveChaos:
what function keys are available when you see the logo screen?
you may be able to get to a built in system recovery from that logo screen.
can you please tell me how i can do that ...thanks
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thudude
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8. February 2008 @ 20:40 |
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this laptop is only 2 years old , is there anything i can do to get it going again or is it toast , i need some help here please cant aford to send it out to be fixed or buy another one ...thanks
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LiveChaos
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9. February 2008 @ 00:36 |
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remind me what F10 and F12 do on your laptop.
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LiveChaos
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9. February 2008 @ 00:40 |
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also, with restore discs you can get your machine running again. If we fail to resolve it here, you can call HP and get the discs you will need.
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LiveChaos
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9. February 2008 @ 00:47 |
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I love to post!!!
here are the instructions I was looking for:
Creating the recovery discs from the Command Prompt
Use the following steps to create a Recovery CD set without starting Windows:
NOTE: You cannot create recovery DVDs using this method.
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Turn on the PC and repeatedly press the F11 key when the HP logo appears.
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On the recovery screen, click Advanced Options .
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Press the Alt and the D keys at the same time. The command prompt will appear.
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Type c: at the prompt and press the Enter key.
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Type cd windows at the prompt and press the Enter key.
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Type cd creator at the prompt and press the Enter key.
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Type the following command exactly as it is shown here (including quotation marks and space): "CD Creator.exe" .
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Click Start Creation and follow the directions to create the Recovery CD set.
Good Luck!
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