You need to get your hands on a Windows XP CD or download the 6 floppy kit from Microsoft so you can at least get into Recovery Console and see if there's anything to recover.
If you have a choice of XP CDs, you'd prefer one with Microsoft labeling that came with a new computer, and matches your version (Home or Pro) and already at SP2. The least important thing is SP2 - you can use an earlier version to try to fix the computer. If it doesn't match any of the preferred attributes, you can still use the CD to access the Recovery Console. 6 floppy download: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310994 Recovery console is accessed by pressing the R key after booting the XP CD or 6 floppies. Once into Recovery Console the first thing you want to do is a CHKDSK /R. If things are fixed, repeat it and see if anything more gets fixed. If you continue to see things get fixed each time you run it, the hard drive may be shot. Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rod Lindgren Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 4:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: HARDware: Laptop won't boot My daughter has a Compaq Presario 1500 notebook computer (XP Home, SP2). Up until today, it has worked fine. Today, it boots to the Windows XP screen and stays there indefinitely, or shuts itself down and begins rebooting. The same thing happens if we try rebooting to Safe mode or any of the other options in the boot menu. We do not have the original disks for this computer. I would attempt to go to a restore point, but I cannot get to System Restore. Thanks in advance for any help. Rod Lindgren -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
