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floridageek · 10-26-2008, 08:04 PM

I am so glad that I found this site. I think that the greatest invention of modern times is the search function on a computer.
I used the laptop this am and it was low on battery power. I shut down and left for the day. When I came home I plugged in and turned the laptop on.
Nothing. Some lights a little whirr and a black screen.
After reading the posts here I contacted HP and went through the steps. For an old woman I did quite well. Failed every test. Removed battery, memory and hard drive. After an hour of HP it was decided that I will be sending in the laptop for the enhanced warranty repair.
The backing up of important files seems a little impossible considering that I cannot boot up the computer and can only hope that whatever I have on the laptop has already been automatically backed up.
I will be interested to see how the folks ahead of me here fare.
I bought this computer in early July 2007. Last week the computer froze on me a few times. Did anyone else have this happen?
Thanks to all who have contributed to this thread.

10-26-2008, 08:04 PM	#10 (permalink)
floridageek Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Vista	Re: Compaq Presario F500 Won't Boot - Help Please! I am so glad that I found this site. I think that the greatest invention of modern times is the search function on a computer. I used the laptop this am and it was low on battery power. I shut down and left for the day. When I came home I plugged in and turned the laptop on. Nothing. Some lights a little whirr and a black screen. After reading the posts here I contacted HP and went through the steps. For an old woman I did quite well. Failed every test. Removed battery, memory and hard drive. After an hour of HP it was decided that I will be sending in the laptop for the enhanced warranty repair. The backing up of important files seems a little impossible considering that I cannot boot up the computer and can only hope that whatever I have on the laptop has already been automatically backed up. I will be interested to see how the folks ahead of me here fare. I bought this computer in early July 2007. Last week the computer froze on me a few times. Did anyone else have this happen? Thanks to all who have contributed to this thread.