Laptop locks up while formating drive

hi ,
go into your cmos or setup for the computer , find boot setup and change it to drive c:\ or hard drive 1 .........good luck Roy

That is what I like to call hardware failure... Your monitor is broke...

If under warranty:800-474-6836

If not under warranty:

http://www.laptopscreen.com/English/model/HP-Compaq/HP~COMPAQ~NC6000/

Tutorial on how to repair it:

http://www.laptopscreen.com/index.php?section=products&brand=HP-Compaq&series=HP%20COMPAQ

Check that the RAM is seated properly. It sometimes needs a little force to fully insert then push down to click into place. Also, some laptops required the use of both RAM slots; yours might be one of them.

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The NC6000 sometimes has trouble booting to anything other than the primary hard drive once a valid OS has been installed. If you need to reinstall by booting it USB or to a CD/DVD; this works for me as a last resort. (Especially USB which it officially isn't supposed to be able to do.)

Insert the bootable media. Shut the laptop down. Remove the hard drive - but leave it disconnected in the bay. Start the machine, let it detect the bootable device, then hot-plug the hard drive. There is some timing involved, but it works.

I loaded several NC6000 machines running Windows 2000 to Linux and XP this way.

dont know if this will help:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=115&prodSeriesId=367367&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=367367&objectID=c00045315#TroubleshootBTProblems

control panel
display
screen saver
then power
then advanced in there you can make sure your options are correct
you can check your settings in there for turning off your system
ei/ when you press power button you want it to shut off

First try to repair ur windows If u can't repair it then just format windows.
First take data backup...............

Did you check the memory? Sounds like the memory has went bad. Is it noticing all of the memory? Even if it is noticed it could still be going bad or the slot could be going bad. I have seen this happen. Are you positive that the hard drive is not bad. Did you run any test on the hard drive?