Its PC,
PC have many layers, of resets. (not counting lost BIOS passwords of any kind,, that adds to the list , )
layer 1, is BIOS reset, seen clearly in the BIOS pages.
says there, go back to factory defaults (just BIOS)
layer, 2: windows, but you never said which one? XP,Vista, W7/8/10?
To reset windows, there is no such thing, in windows at all.
ask MS that and get that answer, (then tells how, with media)
That means the actual windows, running has no reset.
(but one can spend a week or life time cleaning it....)
what does this RESET, is the HP recovery process.
AKA: reLOADING windows from scratch.
the next step for me is carbon dating your PC,
it's 12 years old now, 2006
but that is the CUSP year that HP started doing F11 KEY recoveries.
so that means i must read the manual to you
here goes.
bingo Page B12. see link at end, 1st google hit, btw.
power on and hammer F11, key verbatim.
this works and takes you back to 2006 with all data gone (yours)
and all added APPS gone, not HP apps there DAY1, those be OK
(reality 101)
now how can this fail, sure, easy as cherry pie it can
here is the list.
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00700903.pdf
short answer RTM (service)
longer?, F11 recovery. or recover disks.
ever better post the symptoms first so the helper can be on the same page as you.
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SOURCE: Compaq Presario V5000
Cant get my screen to read. it is black/blank. Is there a reset button? Compaq pesario v5000 lap top
Chris
SOURCE: Compaq Presario v5000 won't turn on
If the laptop posts: (power on self test) and you see stuff on the screen, no matter how short ,do the following:
if you have a bootable anti virus disc use it to check for any viruses , if not
try a recovery disc,
both will try to access the hard drive.
if they do not work,(nothing has changed) nothing comes on the screen.
laptop does not post:
remove the screw(s) holding the cover plate where the ram lives
remove the memory sticks, clean the gold edges with a pencil eraser both sides and re-insert them, (not an ink eraser as it will do damage)
swap them around if you have more than one,
if you only have one, borrow one from a friend or try the ram in your friends laptop ,if that's possible, or take the ram to your local pc shop and ask them to check it for you (they may or may not do that for you)
if you can establish that the ram is ok, and anti virus and recovery disc's do not work,then it is most likely, the motherboard has failed .
good luck with that and let me know how you get on.
Terry
SOURCE: how to upgrade the cpu in my compaq presario v5000
Go to Compaq's website (Now HP) and find info (KIP) on the max Ghz it will support and what has to be done (maybe nothing, maybe switches or jumpers) set it and "POP" in the new chip!
GL!
SOURCE: I wish to format my Compaq Presario v5000 and
Good day sir/maam, yes let me be of assistance to your task of formatting your Compaq.
Power on compaq and place your windows XP CD installer on the CD drive.
Here are the events that will take place.
If you have questions or met errors along the way, feel free to ask, or if you have a friend who knows how to set it up, ask for help.
SOURCE: compaq presario v5000 - wireless button broke
sp31891.exe is the HP/Compaq Softpaq that helped me see that the wireless was enabled, but had some kind of software funkiness. It may also contain the driver for the wireless on/off switch for the Presario V5000 series. The particular unit I was working on was a V5005us .
-Brad Chesney
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