will it boot in safe mode (press f8 repeatedly on start up?)
try right click on screen as well, as some progs take over the screen and blank it and rt click can get it back!
have u got a strat up...

There is not a lot wrong with the computer!
The login problem is a software one and I cannot help on that.
Try loggining in as another administrator (ADMINistrator / Administrator and see is...

rebooting wont destroy files.

more information needed.
Laptops often overeat and need time to cool down before working, again.

screen blinking and freezing canbe a sign of overhaet (or many...

Onmost portables thre is a routine that may help.
1: remove the mains lead
2:remove the battery
3: there is usualy a reset button on hte side or bottom. It is a pin hole that you need to insert a...

There are also a number of partition programs with ISO images egoogle will get them. cut a CD and go from there by booting with the cd, this is same type of operation as the XP CD as above.

Then...

trygoogle usb boot win xp software. u can dload sware to boot a modern computer via usb.
also any linux iso cut to cd should also boot.
if it an thensee the HD u can use a win repair disc (also...

it sounds as though it may not be able to see the hard disk. have yu a disc that will boot (linux or winxp repair) to test the HD? Also one can boot from a USB (or floppy) if you have a drive......

just a very quick reply, but lightning strikes any where near computers even though switched off can hit almost anything by induction. put simply I had a network and all was tuurned off and all mains...

any computer freeze can be cused by a number of problems:
1. Is it getting too hot through dust etc on fans and coolers?... clean off!
2. overcrowded softwated. much experience tells me computers...

I realise witha dead computer you cant use it! However I keep a linux (kubuntu) bootable cd. this boots into a linyux version ( entirely from the CD) like windows that can access the hard disk and...

I still suspect the power supply is shot....if the main battery is flat and the power supply not charging bingo... its not worth replacing but see if you can 'beg' a trial replacement. I bought a...

can u get any life out of it in the bios, a linux cd (with boot changed to cd first boot device) might start it.

If not then therei s no reason why you should not try swapping the hard disk. I...

cant give a lot of help but sounds like you are on the right lines. I had an HP compaq with same fault (but different cause) and hte charging circuit on hte motherboard of the computer was blown. I...

In the bios/cmos have you set the first boot device to be the CD? (not just to detect the hard disk!) If your installation disk is proper it should then boot from that (it may be worth turning off...

ther is a freeware called drive rescue... its worth trying but you mayneed to boot from a CD.

I have had the same problem with an HP some time ago. The problem is a faulty componenet in the charging voltage componenets on the mother board and it is only curable by changing the lmotherboard,...