Recent content by Paris Greiner

Hi again BIGBEARJEDI, So I borrowed an LCD monitor last night and tried both of the switching-key sequences you mentioned above, without success, i.e. the laptop did not switch its display to the the external Monitor. I'm left now with only with options 3) and 4) If I'm reading your...

Hi BIGBEARJEDI Firstly thanks very much for responding! As to your question, why did I need to reinstall? The laptop was given to me by a work colleague who had previously attempted to format and reinstall windows, but had somehow messed up the process so that a it would no longer boot into...

Hi all, I've just used HP Recovery from boot up (F11) to begin a reinstallation of windows 7 on an HP Pavillion dv7. The Recovery process began, and went through formatting the disc to 100%, but after re-booting, all I get is a completely black screen. Nothing at all appears on the...