Windows XP
My friends computer has two choices at start up it says something like "windows XP home edition" for both choices one goes further the other doesn't the one that works has 3 choices 1 gets you to another menu with about 12 options another is regulsr start up and I forget the rest but he has tryed all of those options and his computer freezes at all of them. I dont know much more because im not there and he can't start his computer. What should he do?
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Jump to PostUse the choice that starts up properly!
Jump to PostThere is a bungled reinstall on the system, by the sound of things. If so, the best course of action is to wipe the lot clean, and install fresh. See the link in my sig for advice with installing it all again.
Jump to Posteerrr..... uummm......
Did you read the topic I suggested, and the articles linked in it? To wipe the hard drive clean and install freshh, you don't boot into Windows. You make a change in BIOS setup, (if necessary) and boot from the Windows CD, instead of from the hard …
Jump to PostA HP Pavilion would have had a 'Recovery CD' or similar shipped with it. Read the product documentation to find out how to restore the system installation to its original state.
(He DID keep those leaflets, booklets and CDs, didn't he?)
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