I have a compaq presario 2100 laptop in front of me. It starts up and everything sounds on and then it just stops at the start up screen. It says f2 to enter set up and f12 to boot from LAN. I...

Ok thats all the questions I have. Thanks a lot for everyones help, and it is always appreciated.

Yes I will have to try this. Thanks a lot. My warranty was already out, and I had already made the desicsion of getting a new laptop. But would I have to fix my old computer to get the files...

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Another question, does this just happen overtime? Is there nothing I can do to prevent?

Also I had a lot of files on the computer, and I was thinking about getting another computer...

This is a real troubling problem. My laptop was working fine one day, and then the next(I did nothing to it) I turn it on and a grey screen pops up. It turns on but all you can see is a grey...