Other than a password reset disk etc, is there anyway I can reset from c drive when in regular windows mode? It gives me two options, one for windows professional, and one for just windows when it boots. I have the startup password, just no guest or admin logon.
Reset windows 7 password, three ways:
1. Another valid administrator account which can normally log on.
2. A password reset disk or a repair disc, which is created in advance ( before you lost password ).
3. Third-party software to create a bootable password reset CD/DVD or USB, like Windows Password Reset .
Any account with admin rights can change or delete the guest password. The guest account is a limited account. OK, if you are running Windows 7, Microsoft tightened
security on it so you've got to have a password reset disk which 99% of the
people who own laptops with windows 7 fail to do. It should be one of the
first things you do when you buy the laptop. Otherwise, you're faced with
reinstalling the Operating System or possibly doing a System Recovery.
If you're on Windows XP or Vista try this:
Turn off the computer, then hit the power button to turn it back on and
immediately start hitting the F8 key repeatedly until you see the Safe Mode
option. Select SAFE MODE and let the computer boot up. When it gets
to the User Login screen it will show the Administrator userid and the userid
for which you forgot the password. Sign in as the Administrator (hopefully
you didn't put a password on it and forgot it too). Once the desktop
appears it will look different, the screen will be darker and the icons bigger,
but this is normal for safe mode.
Click Start/Control Panel/User Accounts
When the User Accounts screen opens, click on the userid for which you forgot
the password. Select the option to REMOVE PASSWORD.
Reboot your machine.
SOURCE: COMPAQ ARMADA E500 PC notebook
Please specify your motherboard details and i will tell you a work around for breaking the password
SOURCE: Compaq Armada e500 won?t recognize the cd drive
Simple things first: Assuming the CD drive is removable, remove it from the laptop then re-iinsert it making sure it's pushed home properly so that the connectors seat properly.
If, again, the drive is in a bay (i.e. it's removable) then it may be the connectors are worn/damaged. If it's the drive connector then it may be repairable or you might pick up another drive, perhaps on eBay. It may also be that the drive has simply given up the ghost - so back to eBay :) If the connectors on the laptop have got damaged then you're looking at dismantling the laptop to repair/replace them, if that's possible.
If it's an external drive then the advice is very similar - check out the connectors first. If they look OK then you probably have to suspect the drive itself.
For either type of drive, there is always the small chance that the IDE controller channel on the motherboard has died - I have seen this happen in rare cases. Your options then are a bit limited. IIRC, that PC has no USB2 and even if it did, it wouldn't boot from a USB CD. You can get a PCMCIA interface card (now called simply PC interface) for an external CD. Depending on the card-drive interface, you might be able to boot from that.
If you need to install software onto the machine & have another (desktop) PC to hand: remove the disc from the E500, get a 2 1/2 to 3 1/2" disc adapter & temporarily attach the drive to the desktop as a secondary (i.e. not boot) disc. You can then load software onto the drive although you can't do a Windows install that way. If the machine already has an old version of windows on it, you can copy for example, the XP install files onto the drive, put it back in the machine & run an upgrade. Not the most desirable result but may be OK.
SOURCE: compaq armada e500 boot up
Try tapping the F5 or F8 key (could be either one) right after you power up. This should take you to a short text message with a couple of choices to continue; you'll find the Safe Mode option there which will prevent the continuation of the unsuccessful boot routine. If you can reach the Safe Mode, run Restore and go back to an earlier point in time, you may have to go back several times because if you have picked up some kind of malware, it may have been backed up with everything else. Unless it is a really smart bug, you might be able to circumvent it.
SOURCE: windows 98 se, xp not installed to compaq armada E500 pc notebook
First, format the hard drive and make sure it is in FAT or FAT32 for Windows 98 install. Then do your partitioning etc and should work. If it doesn't, it is possibly a hardware fault.
Here is the site for the drivers for the laptop :
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=96717&prodSeriesId=96231&swLang=8&taskId=135&swEnvOID=1093
Hope this helps in some way :)
Replace hdd couse the pc dont recognize hdd..First go to the bios and load optimal default or optimized default and pres F10 and restart
If it wont work just buy NEW HDD
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