wont boot

deckman · 08-19-2003, 07:17 PM

A friend on mine is having the following problem can you make me look good here? He has a HP with XP and when he turns the computer on it shows the HP logo on the monitor and that’s it. I tried hitting f8 when booting it up to see if I could do a safe start and still the annoying HP blur screen appears. We have unplugged it and still the same results. Anyone have any ideas for me?
Thanks in advance.

sir_cheats_alot · 08-19-2003, 09:32 PM

I too am unfortunate enough to have an HP. Did he upgrade to XP or did it come with the computer? HP's cant really handle the XP upgrade. locate a boot disk and try that, but if dont work, he may have to use the HP recovery disk and start over.

boot disks are fairly easy to find online.

08-19-2003, 07:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
deckman Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 50 OS:	wont boot A friend on mine is having the following problem can you make me look good here? He has a HP with XP and when he turns the computer on it shows the HP logo on the monitor and that’s it. I tried hitting f8 when booting it up to see if I could do a safe start and still the annoying HP blur screen appears. We have unplugged it and still the same results. Anyone have any ideas for me? Thanks in advance.

08-19-2003, 09:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
sir_cheats_alot Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 8 OS: Windows 98 SE	HP problems I too am unfortunate enough to have an HP. Did he upgrade to XP or did it come with the computer? HP's cant really handle the XP upgrade. locate a boot disk and try that, but if dont work, he may have to use the HP recovery disk and start over. boot disks are fairly easy to find online. __________________ Remeber it not just an HP it also a hugh pain in the *** :D Last edited by sir_cheats_alot; 08-19-2003 at 09:38 PM.