HP PC suddenly very slow to boot up - the hp startup page (blue screen which has "esc=boot" etc) stays on for a number of minutes with the fan whirring away before a black screen appears which also stays on for a while before eventually producing the desktop screen. The whole process takes about 5 or 6 mins when previously the desktop would appear in around 30 secs or so. No new software has been added and I have run anti-virus s/w to double-check it's nothing malicious but it hasn't picked anything up. Any ideas?

WOW THAT IS ONE HUMDIGGER OF SCREEN .
OFF AND BAD LCD?
does BIOS pages do this?
esc key or f10 power on,hammer the esc on newer pc
and bios info page shows up clean, or F10 old PC
if not bios clean the LCD is bad or is 2007 lead out BGA solder ball failed GPU chip
hp 2000 is 2011 made so is not 2007 horror year, good that.

learn now to use BIOS. esc key is it.
then at that page it tells you other keys, F1 ,f2 etc.
any page full is what you want INFO page BIOS.

I can only help with the system admin password (presumed windows). You will have to manufacture a "Password Reset Disk" on another PC or laptop (preferably running same OS - you will need your product key COA number). Instructions on MS website. Also - check your BIOS settings are OK when setting to boot on the password reset disk. That will be F1 or DEL probably on power up.Good Luck.

check you bios pages are correctly configured,,goto bios navigate with "tab" and arrow keys,,play around untill you know these pages dont change anything untill you are sure you know what you are doing..Exit and save pay attention to boot sequence if this is set up wrong it might cause failure in the way you describe,the instructions on the right hand side of the bios pages should help you---good luck --Davey

A Blue Screen is more time than not indicative of a driver issue or some hardware issue. First of all when it boots to the screen that shows Safe Mode and the other options, scroll down and see if there is an option to Stop or Disable Automatic Restart on Boot. This will stop the screen from restarting itself when the blue screen appears and give you a chance to read and see what the error is. Afterwards it is ok to run Startup Repair. Startup Repair does not delete any of your personal files. Let startup repair run and then see if it boots. Once again, startup repair does not delete any of your music, documents, pictures, videos or programs. System Restore does not delete any of you documents, music, pictures, videos or programs. System Recovery WILL DELETE all of your music, pictures, videos, documents & any programs you've added since you brought the computer home from the store. System Recovery sets your computer back to the very first time you turned it on after you purchased it. I would run the startup repair, if that does not fix your problem, see if you can run a System Restore. A lot of time the Restore Points are damaged or missing when this happens, but give it a try and restore to a point before you started having the blue screen issue. If all fails you're going to need a system disc so that you can get into the Recovery Console so that you can enter a dos command in the little black box that opens up with white letters. You want to type: chkdsk /r
Let it run. It will run well over an hour and you will notice the percentage of completion going from high to low, but that's ok. Let it run to completion then try rebooting. If this doesn't work, you're going to need to take it to a repair shop or reload the operating system yourself.

When you turn on your computer, you do NOT have to enter the startup menu. Do not press any keys when it asks you to press the Esc key. Once that screen goes away, it will take a minute for Windows to boot up and your good to go.
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what modem, who's and where, ?
or is modem , monitor?
which blue HP screen there are many,
you left out what it says...
i can not watch you boot, and what is displayed, is key to the cause.

NO OS stated, is this XP?
when you boot, it always prompts in text ,hit ESC key to enter setup"
this is the BIOS hot key prompt that some times shows
a cute small HP icon this too is BIOS created.
then the PC boots and goes to OS, there many OS offered
Windows is XP is one? is it?
or Vista.,w7,/8/10 or PS/2 or linux. HP has many offered OS.
as do Refurb companies endless.

if windows?, the windows log in screen is next.
so my guess is the PC goes to BLUE screen that, before that.
stating (presenting)
startup file failed?
or , HP recover failed.?
or any of 50 other windows blue screens of *****.?
why not post a photo of the screen?
one screen is the XP BSOD , crash screen.
seen here.
one other blue screen is "windows is doing updates" so let it??




one modern HP W10 screen 1 of 50

this is most times below a bad video card driver used on PC.
not matching card to OS. and bam crash.

Please Reinstall the OS from F11 Recovery Manager by continuously tapping the F11 Recovery Manager Key after pressing the Power Button to turn on the notebook and select advanced options and select system recovery and run the Back up up your data first and run the recovery to fix the issue

hi which one of these is yours ?
FL772AV, FQ866AV, FL774AV, FL773AV

Your harddrive is not getting detected properly.
Check your harddrive.

HP Notebook PCs - "Windows Unsafe or Sudden Shutdown" Blue Screen Error Occurs During Startup or Boot

Description
Windows XP may not start and the following error message may appear on a blue screen:
Windows Unsafe or Sudden Shutdown
This error occurs after Windows was not shutdown using a safe method. The notebook may have been turned off without clicking Shut Down or briefly pressing the computers Power button. The power may have been suddenly disconnected from the computer or the Power button may have been held for more than 5 seconds.
An unsafe shutdown can damage some of the Windows system files, preventing the computer from starting properly.
Solution
If the error occurs allow the operating system to complete a check of the hard disk. Windows will prompt your to run CHKDSK. CHKDSK scans the hard drive for damaged files and repairs the files if necessary. The scan may take up to an hour depending on the size of the hard drive and the number of damaged files. The computer will restart when the scan is complete and Windows should start normally.
If Windows will not start or the computer will not boot after the scan is complete see: HP Notebook PCs - Troubleshooting a Startup or No Boot Problem (In English)

use the link to know how to use recovery option with hp laptop
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/fastFaqLiteDocument?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=18703&docname=c00608578#
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Technical Associate