I have an HP DV5 this machine came with Vista and was upgraded to windows 7 ultimate. About a year ago I got a viruse that totally crashed this computer. At that time I reformated with a cold boot, it seemed to be run pretty well. Unfortunately, 2 weeks ago I received a error (can't remember what it was exactly) that did not allow me to boot the computer but I did reformate but had to do the process twice before it worked Today this computer will only boot to a blue screen. Is there any hope for this computer or should I just bit the bullet and get a new one? Could the origianl virus still be causing me issues.
tjarmbruster 0 Newbie Poster
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Here are some questions that may be answered:
1) Have you tried booting in safe mode?
2) After you reformated, were you able to log in?
3) Did you install a program, then the BSOD happened after restarting?
4) Maybe there is a hardrive failure or bad OS disc?
Hopefully this can get the ball rolling for other people to chime in.
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