20 Most Recent HP Compaq Presario SR1265CL-B (82916053448) PC Desktop Questions & Answers

you most likely have a bad hard drive you need to get a new hard drive and then manually reinstall windows of your choice if you do not know how go to a shop because this job is not simple

please reformat with your OS

You can remove or change the Window's User or administrator's password. You need access to a computer with Internet access to download the Hiren's Boot CD and burn it onto a CD. Then insert this CD into the laptop/computer and boot up the laptop/computer with the Hiren's CD and follow the instructions. There are very useful utilities CD and it a Linux boot CD which contains quite a lot of Utility programs including a password removal program. Click on one of these links to download HIREN'S BOOTCD :- http://www.hirensbootcd.net/ http://67.20.82.163/

Read the pdf from the download link and it will step you though the process.Download link:http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00231295.pdf

Get a power supply tester and test your power supply. They are very easy to use. An inexpensive PSU tester that I can recommend to you is here:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16899705003&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&PageSize=10&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&IsFeedbackTab=true#scrollFullInfoGood Luck!

Get a power supply tester and test your power supply. They are very easy to use. An inexpensive PSU tester that I can recommend to you is here:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16899705003&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&PageSize=10&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&IsFeedbackTab=true#scrollFullInfo

Hi there, please try this solution, no promises as it appears yo may have a fatal HDD error ot virus:

1. Power on the computer
2. Press F10 repeatedly when you see the HP or Compaq logo.
2. When the recovery screen appears, press Next and then Yes to perform a non-destructive recovery.
3. To perform a destructive recovery, click Advanced and then Yes.
4. After the recovery is finished, the PC will reboot.

cheers
iain

press F11 on start and see if it wants to boot in safe mode.. ..if you manage to boot it ..it means that it is just a setting from the video card made wrong ..and I suggest to reinstall the video card ..
If it do not boot atall ..and just beeps a sec and shuts down ..open it and see if the CPU cooler is spinning ...and also check the Ram memory ...If you have more than one units for ram ...remove them one by one ..and try to boot the computer with one at he time and see if any of them is damaged..
In case the ram memory is damaged..the computer will actually not boot at all ..and will not show the device check on start ...but just spins the hdd and clicks in a loop ..
If the computer shows the devices..but goes off when windows is trying to start it needs eiter the video driver to be reinstalled to correct any odd settings ..or the operation system is unable to start and this is cause by the hdd not being detected or a malfunction of the operation system ...In this case..check the HDD to work well ..or reinstall the OS..

You can replace power supply the higher wattage the better.

Switch on again. Try if it boots up and beep. IF it doesn't beep and don't display, there's a problem in the connection of SATA or IDE from motherboard to HDD.
If you can hear the drive working, I suspec`t it is the system fan which is working. But if it doesn't beep at all, your motherboard is in problem, You have to purchase new one with the same specs that is compatible to your memory and processor.
Blessings.

dont buy any hp motherboards buy something better that supports the hardware you have
and always get a supercooler

What type of monitor do you have? Most monitors will come with a DVI-to-VGA adaptor.(Sometimes and some models.) Also, when you say the monitor will not power on, do you see a message like "No signal detected" or anything like that or do you get nothing what so ever?

To verify it's not your system, connect a VGA monitor to your computer to see if it works. If it does, you know it is the monitor. Good luck.

Ram always helps I would also see about getting a video card even a cheap one will help out quite a bit.

Try this website http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?dlc=en%3F=en&lc=en&product=436205&cc=us&dest_page=product&docname=c00255724

is says ddr sdram only 1 gig is allowed though.

I suspect that the ribbon cable (seatbelt looking cable) in the computer has possibly come loose. Especially if both HDD's can't be seen.

Possible too that the CMOS has lost the specifications of the HDDs. Press F2 or DEL key while booting (depends on the CMOS/computer type).

Or, both hard drives have gone bad, which is unlikely that both at the same time went out.

Please rate FixYa! or clarify with more information or testing results.

Appears that recovery disk #2 is bogus. U can try to get a new set from HP (fat chance!) or you can do a reload from a normal, retail OS disk.

Hello Most laptop or PCs, has a combination keyboard pressing keys, that invoque the restore routine. usually F11 or F10. others has DVD, check and see what you have of these two. in the first one, you recover from a disk partition the whole OS.

Its all about go to HP page, and bios updates, the instructions are there too! but be aware you have to be more specific on model, and BIOS dates.

from hp website