I have a dv9700 hp notebook and no programs are working. Cd drive isn't recognizing disks, wireless is not picking up networks, its not recognizing lan cables, it says no audio devices are installed, it keep restarting itself without getting to the desktop(on switch black screen restart unless I mash the f8 key and even that is not a guarantee. I have set it back to factory default with no luck please help me

SOURCE: REINSTALL XP HOME EDITION ON Compaq Presario SR1350NX Desktop PC

Files copy errors during the XP installation process are often an indication of BAD RAM.

If you have dual RAM modules, try install with 1 memory module installed

DEKR

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• Posted on Jan 17, 2009

SOURCE: PC keeps restarting - cannot get into safe mode or system restore

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SOURCE: Problem with recognizing 2nd hard drive in Compaq EVO D510

you need to initialize the newly added drive in disk management, then format the drive once disk management assigns a drive letter.

CONTROL PANEL, ADMIINSTRATIVE TOOLS, COMPUTER MANAGEMENT, DISK MANAGEMENT

There you should be able to see the 2nd drive, Right click and INITALISE it, once it is initialized, it will be assigned a drive letter and you can format the drive

SOURCE: HP Compaq d530 CMT Desktop Freezes after a while

Is it like that before? If not then probably, a failing component, a short, most likely RAM card (when you happened to check its rated capacity getting low), connection problem.

Also, too much running applications at the same time, hard drive getting almost full, virus. Or borderline hardware specification for installed application.

Check the easiest first. Is this virus? is hard drive getting full? Borderline specification? Add on card contact dirty? Ailing component?

hope it helps

SOURCE: Computer keeps restarting...

This is going to sound ridiculously obvious, but have you tried shutting off the power or unplugging it just when it begins to restart? That's worked for me when I had a similar problem with a different brand of computer. It sounds like a software problem, not a hardware problem. Rebooting usually solves things, unless your machine won't turn off -- in which case you have to turn it off by cutting the power. Assuming that you have your CPU plugged into a power strip, if your HP won't turn off when you hit the power button on the CPU, turn the power switch on the power strip to OFF and unplug the power strip.

Wait 10 minutes. Make sure the power strip switch is in the OFF position, then plug the power strip back in and turn on the power strip. Then turn on your computer. If you're using Windows, you should get a message on your screen that says Windows shut down abnormally and that scan disk is running to check your drive. Then Windows will either give you a choice of start-up in regular or safe mode, or else it will simply come up normally on its own. And then you should be able to check whatever settings you were interested in changing.

If this doesn't work, shut off the power switch and unplug the computer, and then call your tech guy: you have a bigger problem than rebootting Windows can solve. Good luck!