How do I factory reset my Laptop Compaq CQ62 WITHOUT A DISC?

No restore disks,<br />Windows restore point is missing,<br />Laptop will not boot fully to windows,<br />Safe mode does not work,<br />You do not have a windows disk,<br /><br />Solution:<br />Only use this tip if you are willing to loose all of your data.<br />Start laptop and tap f10 key (Sony)<br />or 'alt' and f11 for Dell<br />and some Dell 'ctrl' and f10 or f11<br />or 'fn' and f10<br />or 'fn' and f11 <br />or 'fn' and f12<br />You get the drift, and there may be others.<br />This may activate windows restore partition and bring your laptop back to the factory default system.<br />I did this again, on a laptop today where seversl parts of windows vista had dissappeared after a game was loaded.<br />f10 and 1 hour later, a new pc....well nearly.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

For those who do not know how to use the F1, F2, F3..... buttons on HP laptops, here is an opportunity for you to know.

We see these buttons on most laptops but don't know what they are used for. F1, F2....... buttons are the first set of buttons on the keyboard. These buttons makes it easy for anyone to access some programs on the computer without using mouse.

Follow the below procedures on how to use some of these functions:

To put your HP laptop on sleep mode, Press and hold Fn button on your keyboard, (without leaving it) then press F5 (Fn + F4).

To lock your HP laptop, Press and hold, Fn button, then press F6 (Fn + F6).

To reduce the brightness of your HP laptop, press and hold Fn button, then press F7 (Fn + F7).

To increase the brightness of your HP laptop, Press and hold Fn button, then press F8 (Fn + F8).

To put your laptop on mute, Press and hold Fn button, then press F9 (Fn + F8).

To reduce the volume of your HP laptop, Press and hold Fn button, then press F11 (Fn + F11).

To increase the volume of your HP laptop, Press and hold Fn button, then press F12 (Fn + F12).

To shut down your laptop or to view other shut down options, Press and hold Alt button, then press F4 (Alt + F4). Note that this particular function can be used on all computers and laptops.

To close any page on your HP laptop, Press and hold Alt button, then press F4 (Alt + F4). Note that this particular function can be used on all computers and laptops.

Good luck.