Holy Cow! What am I supposed to do?

[sj022698]

Ok. Here we go... I have a Compaq Presario 2100 laptop. (512mb, winXP
Home) Once you log in, you end up locking up (and you can’t
ctrl,alt,delete) You have to hard shut down. It also will lock up
before it even gets to the login page or the monitor won’t kick on
either sometimes. I have run virus scan, lavasoft, and disk cleanup. I
have cleaned all temp. and prefetch files. I have tried to do a
"system restore" back to an earlier date and it will lock up. I have
tried going into safe mode. Even hitting F2 on the boot and doing a
"hard disk test" locks up.

I don’t have the QuickRestore disks for them but I’m hesitant to
buy them because I don’t know if it would make it though 4 disks
without locking up. Sometimes it locks up in 5 seconds!

I don’t care about losing everything. It doesn’t matter to me. I
just want the bare bones. I have the XP disk so I can just put it back
on.

I’d love to be able to reformat very quickly. If I do a reformat,
how can I do so without the restore disks? Is there a cmd prompt? If
so, what do I do about the partitions. I’m not real familiar with
partitions so please dumb down the answers for me please. I just want
everything erased. All suggestions, thoughts, freeware software
recommendations are very much welcomed!

Thanks,
Justin

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

How to use the Compaq Recovery CD for restoring your computer software to its original state.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/famiDocument?dlc=en&lc=en&product=212728&cc=us&docname=c00034787


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| Ok. Here we go... I have a Compaq Presario 2100 laptop. (512mb, winXP
| Home) Once you log in, you end up locking up (and you canâ?Tt
| ctrl,alt,delete) You have to hard shut down. It also will lock up
| before it even gets to the login page or the monitor wonâ?Tt kick on
| either sometimes. I have run virus scan, lavasoft, and disk cleanup. I
| have cleaned all temp. and prefetch files. I have tried to do a
| "system restore" back to an earlier date and it will lock up. I have
| tried going into safe mode. Even hitting F2 on the boot and doing a
| "hard disk test" locks up.
|
| I donâ?Tt have the QuickRestore disks for them but Iâ?Tm hesitant to
| buy them because I donâ?Tt know if it would make it though 4 disks
| without locking up. Sometimes it locks up in 5 seconds!
|
| I donâ?Tt care about losing everything. It doesnâ?Tt matter to me. I
| just want the bare bones. I have the XP disk so I can just put it back
| on.
|
| Iâ?Td love to be able to reformat very quickly. If I do a reformat,
| how can I do so without the restore disks? Is there a cmd prompt? If
| so, what do I do about the partitions. Iâ?Tm not real familiar with
| partitions so please dumb down the answers for me please. I just want
| everything erased. All suggestions, thoughts, freeware software
| recommendations are very much welcomed!
|
| Thanks,
| Justin