hey guys i got a compaq presario 2200 laptop that my dad bought about two years ago, he told me if i get it to work its mine. its a nice laptop when it worked, the problem is they used it all the time for about a two month period and it "got really hot".. its boots up but it omes up with blue screen saying that it failed to start because winsrv was not found... blah blah blah.. any input would be greatly appriciated

 

Reformat and reinstall Windows

 

While it does sound like the OS install on the box is toasty, the "got really hot" part could indicate a fan failure. If that's the case, re-installing the OS is only going to temporarily alleviate the problem. I'd verify that the fan on the CPU is working as well as the cooling system fan before doing anything else. If they're not, you can replace them and it might be salvagable. If they are bad and you continue, you're going to fry the processor and/or other components with continued usage.

 

how exactly would i do that though it only will boot up to where it says compaq and has the little loading screen before it goes into windows and then it shuts down... im gonna take it to some shops here locally and have them take a look at it but i would like the opinion of someone who isnt trying to scam me outta money

 

When you turn the computer on, do you hear any fans? On many laptops, you can remove a couple of screws and pop out the keyboard, from there you can get access to the processor and see if the fan on it is working. Otherwise, you might have to access it from underneath. I haven't personally worked on that model, so I can't say for sure. It isn't hard to figure it out though.

As far as re-installing the OS, just use a bootable CD. You might have to go into the bios and set your CD/DVD rom drive to be the first boot device. Once you do that and reboot, it will read the CD first and boot from it into Setup.

 

yeah i can see the fans from below and they are working properly ill try where exactly do i switch it it to boot the cd-rom first? i take it you boot it with the windows xp software??

:nm found os cd and boot order:

 

might just need a good format and reinstal , but then it could be that the hard Drive crashed ;|