Hi can someone help with this laptop please, it boots to the first screen where it says F10=rom based setup then stops there. Is there a quick way to reset CMos or any other help appreciated

Wayne

update on this, ive got into bios and tried to boot from drive, but the laptop keeps turning itself off...please help

wayne

my compaq keeps doing this i turn it on , its on for about 30 seconds then turns it off can anyone help

Mr Mitchel can u do one thing that just turn ur computer with press the power button and hold the F5 button may be ur system open in safe mode no reply just try to go BIOS setup after hold the F8 button
no reply u just formatt ur C drive
i think its a virus attack and may be ur system file become correpted
all the best

format ur system using a fresh copy of Operating system
may be ur system OS will correpted by virus
or mail me with brief
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