Computers & Tablets

[Marciah0219]

I have a HP pavilion a200n. It was working great on 12/20/08. I went away for a few days and when I came home and turned it on it would not load windows, all it would go to a page that showed these confirgurations and at the bottom "F1 for settings". If I try pressing "F1 or shift F1" I just get a beeping sound.  Any answer or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Marcia

[hockeycanuckjc Community Veteran]

Its possible that the boot record may have been corrupted or the startup configuration has been altered for whatever reason. If you have access to safe mode, I would run a system restore from safe mode and see if your computer can be fixed otherwise its possible your computer might need a factory recovery.

[Marciah0219]

Thank you for reply, however, I may be doing it wrong, but I cannot get it into safe mode.

[Matthew-GS Retired: Community Advocate · Accepted solution]

Hi Marciah0219, welcome!

Hockeycunuckjc has a good idea, just want to remind people to always perform a backup (or get help) before doing a system restore.  However, because you stated you cannot get into safe mode, you may need to just shut down the machine, unplug the keyboard and carefully reconnect it; also consider trying another keyboard.  If these tests do not work, please reply with the beep pattern (for example, one long and one short beep - pause - repeats). 

[Marciah0219]

THANK YOU, THANK YOU !!!!!!! It was my keyboard and also my printer causing all the problem. So I bought a new keyboard and disconnected my printer and everything is working great. I can't thank you enough !!!!!

God Bless

Marcia