Product Name: Probook 4540s Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (64-bit)  Hi,  HP Probook 4540, Hard disk 500 GB, RAM 4 GB, Video Card integrated simple. DVD ROM/Writer is corrupted.  My brother purchased this laptop like 3 years ago, so the product is not in warranty. He used to sign-in through Hp protect tools fingerprint. Now these tools automatically set password for BIOS users. But he didn't set the BIOS administrator password back then. I tried to set BIOS Admin password thru BCU, it set the password but the option BIOS administrator was still not showing up.  He used laptop for 3 years, now its hard disk is problematic, system was hanging at boot where hp logo shows. I replaced the hard disk with a new one, it booted fine, but when I try to boot it from USB having an operating system, it says no bootable image found. I pressed f9 and to select the USB boot from boot options, there is no other option available then UEFI. UEFI is not working either. I can not get into BIOS as no password for BIOS Administrator was set before using HP protect tools. I can get into BIOS through simple users created by HP Protect tools, but it is not showing the boot options in BIOS.  I also tried this recently "power-button+Window logo key+b"  Hold them for like 3-5 seconds left it, and a message appeared after automatic resetart saying that a system bios recover has occurred. Then I tried to get into BIOS but the simple users are still there.  Please help me solve this issue. Contacting HP support is not possible as the product is no longer in warranty.
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I’m locked up beyond BIOS of my HP ProBook 4530s. Long time ago I put a password on it, But now I don’t remember it.   I have to reset the BIOS password, But I found that it doesn't relate to the CMOS battery. My ProBook is out of warranty too. What should I do?
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This morning I went to turn on a family member's laptop to find the SMART message displaying that the laptop's hard disk is close to failure and needs replacing.   The laptop is around 2 years old now and I have now backed everything up just in case of this 'imminent' failure.   I ran the HDTune programme to test the amount of damaged blocks there are in the hard disk.  This resulted in 24/2500 blocks (1%)  To me, (someone who doesn't know a great deal about computer hardware) this doesn't seem like a very large amount and I am not entirely sure where to go from here.   Shall I just suggest to immediately buy a new hard drive for the laptop as this one will just keep on deteriorating?  Or, as everything is now backed up, keep on using the laptop until the inevitable happens which could be; days, weeks or months, as this laptop isn't really used for anything majorly important?  Thanks in advance,  JD
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We have a HP Proliant DL360P with one Intel Xeon e5-2650, and we was in need to use two Xeon e5-2670 V2, this server by default this G8 did not recognizes the v2 processor, so we found  so we did the BIOS Firmware update to most recently (2014) and after we did the processor self-upgrade procedure as described on the link.  Changed the processor and it worked, and after a power-off / power-on it did not booted, in the SID panel it said that the processor was the fault, so we changed back the processor to the e5-2650, and it keept saying that the processor was the fault.  We removed the batery to clear the BIOS and after it botted but appeared a very mess strange characters in the display.  I'm now downloading the Firmware maintenance v10.1 from FTP of HP to make the procedure  but I want to check with you if with your knowledged if you now something about it
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Is there a way I can password protect grub menu entry- e.g. if I dual boot with Windows 7 can I set it so that a password is needed to boot into Win 7?   Secondly I would also like to protect grub menu entries being changed if possible.  thanks
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I would like to know what the best way to get a computer running Windows 8 or 8.1 into the light blue Advanced Startup Options menu is.  Also list the ways to get into Safe Mode if different from the ways above.  If possible, account for the fact that something is wrong with the computer and they cannot log in. Also, while I realize that SHIFT+F8 is a good way to get into the menu, most computers nowadays are "too fast" to see it.  My video drivers are broken, so it's kind of hard to open a command prompt. I'm not even sure if I am logged in or not.
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This is a new HP DV-7 laptop. When you turn it on SOMETIMES it will wait at 15 minutes on the press escape for menu and sometimes it will boot correctly.  IS this a hardware failure issue or is this a new for a BIOS update?
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I am new here. And I may replace a laptop's hard disk with Ubuntu. It's an HP Compaq notebook which has Windows 7 installed. So If I choose that install option, will it replace the screen that says F12 for boot options [actually it was esc]. I am just asking. I know that choosing that options erases your other partitions. I am assuming it gets replaced by grub2?
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I have a Dell D630 laptop that has Windows 7 Professional on it that was in dire need for replacement so I recently picked up an HP G62 laptop that comes with Windows 7 Home Premium. I don't need both laptops and I'd rather spare myself the time reinstalling all my programs and making sure I didn't forget to migrate any of my data over by simply swapping hard drives from the Dell to the HP.  Well, I tried just that and my HP laptop instantly BSOD'd on startup.  I'm currently running 'Startup Repair' but it's been sitting there for over 20 mins saying &quot;Attempting repairs...&quot; and nothing is really happening so I don't have much faith in this. The good news is that before I swapped the drives I made an Acronis image of the Dell drive and stored it on my NAS so I can pretty much try anything with this drive and still get back to where I was if need be. I find it hard to believe that what I want to do would be rather difficult, although it sure is looking that way.  I'd appreciate any advice in making this happen. Thanks Edit All the answers were great, so thank you.  I accepted djechelon's answer because the Win7 migration tool saved me quite a bit of time.
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I don't want to reset the password nor delete it. I need to know the password. What can be done? Specific software for that? Easier way of getting the password from inside a non-admin account through Windows itself or reboot is needed? Thanks  EDIT: Also, where are the password files stored? If I get in the system files with another bootable OS, I can read those and get the pwd from it.   EDIT: I don't want to reinstall Windows, I want the password.
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I have an HP laptop Pavilion DV4. Last night, I installed Ubuntu and there was an problem about partitioning the hard disk, and I think I deleted the Windows boot record.  I didn't burn a recovery disc but there is built-in recovery partition on the hard disk.  All I want to do is to perform a Factory Restore but I need recovery disc. I could burn that disc from the recovery partition using HP recovery manager, but can't burn now. I can't also boot HP recovery manager using F11 key, because it has the same boot error.  I want to boot Windows 7 and want to burn recovery disc. How can I boot into my old windows 7. If I can boot it, I can burn Recovery Disc and I will make Factory Restore if it's needed.  I didn't make any changes to windows 7 partition but I did a problem about Boot Record.  There is a system partition on hard disk with the size of about 200 MB.There is BOOT folder too.  Installation of Ubuntu also failed, so I'm booting from Live Ubuntu USB.
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Recently, I have messed around trying to dual-boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu. It was a great failure with various problems. Long story short, I wiped my drive and installed Windows 10 fresh. The first thing I wanted to do was to boot into UEFI firmware settings (using Windows Advanced Restart) and disable secure boot and fast boot. However, the UEFI firmware settings boot option does not exist! As far as I can tell, it is impossible for me to boot to UEFI/BIOS (spamming F12, F2, del, etc. does not work either). So how can I boot to firmware settings, or restore them if they are broken? Surely they cannot be non-existent. Image of System Information:
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I am using Windows 10 Pro x64 on my personal laptop on which I have a single user account with no password. For some reason however, Windows 10 has started asking me to enter a password whenever I boot up my machine. All I have to do is press the button without entering anything, and I log in, but I would much rather skip this step in favor of an automatic sign-in. Why has this started happening only now? What can I do to stop this behavior?
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I have an HP ProBook 450 G2. Every time I shut down the computer and turn it back on after a day, the battery level decreases by about 5%. I'm sure that the computer is shut down, not in sleep or hibernate. I removed the battery from laptop and after inserting it, the battery percentage does not change. I tried updating the BIOS, disabling wake on LAN in BIOS options, and calibrating the battery several times.  Is this drain normal? If not, is it a hardware failure or can I fix it with software?
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I have a HP Compaq Presario C700 laptop with Windows 7 installed on it.  My laptop's keyboard is not working properly; some keys never work and some keys will keep on pressing. I've formatted the OS but it didn't solve my problem.  I bought an external USB keyboard and it works well. As some keys in the built-in keyboard activate themselves, I still couldn't work effectively.  After searching Google I tried the following steps to disable the built-in keyboard:   Disabled keyboard drivers: This didn't work because when the system reboots, the driver gets installed again automatically. Installed irrelevant driver for keyboard: This failed - I couldn't install the driver. After rebooting it installed the correct driver automatically.   Can anyone help explain how I can temporarily uninstall my built-in keyboard? I don't want to remove it manually (removing the hardware cable).
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To run the live AVG rescue "disk" on USB for Windows 10, how is it made to work with a GPT and UEFI system?  (Possible solution listed below.)  I enabled the boot menu so that pressing F12 will display a list to select from.  Also, I put everything USB at the top of the boot sequence and Windows and the HDD at the bottom.  However, I hadn't realized GPT and UEFI are so different from a BIOS.  Because the USB flash drive isn't compatible with GPT it's not being picked up?  This  was suggested:   Open the notebook and press quickly F2 to enter the BIOS. Under the MAIN menu, enable the F12 Boot Menu option. Under the BOOT menu, select Legacy boot and press F10 Save &amp; Exit. While the notebook is rebooting, press F2 again to enter the BIOS. Under the BOOT menu, select as your first boot option the USB HDD stick (your USB stick). Press F10 Save &amp; Exit.    Perhaps this will work, but what is the problem that prevents UEFI boot from registering the thumb drive?  Because it's using GPT and not an MBR?  I don't want to switch to legacy, but stay with UEFI.  The laptop:
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I’ve had a laptop fail (CPU failure according to the blinking LED) and was wondering what steps I could take to transfer its hard drive to a new machine and have it boot. It currently has Windows 10 installed (upgraded from Windows 8.1, Windows 8 before that, and originally Windows 7).  I’ll probably start by taking a backup image of the disk. The replacement laptop hasn’t arrived as yet, it’s of a similar vintage. The old machine was a HP ProBook (don't recall the model off the top of my head), and the replacement a Dell Latitude 6420.  I of course want to avoid having to reinstall and reconfigure all the applications on the drive.
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Windows 10 + UBUNTU 17.10 dualboot on HP Envy x360 u000.  After installation, I am not able to make any changes in BIOS. The settings are not "Default". Secure boot is disabled.  I have tried the following things:   Wipe my HDD and tried to install Windows 10 again - Windows could not update the computer’s boot configuration. Installation cannot proceed Tried to install UBUNTU - [    0:000000] [Firmware Bug]: TSC_DEADLINE disabled due to Errata; please update microcode to version: 0x52 (or later) Also tried to boot UBUNTU live - same error as above. Tried to update/reinstall the HP BIOS firmware with HP BIOS Recover USB - Error code : 4(0x00000004). I tried both the ways. from windows and with bootable USB. got the same error Removed battery and hold the power off button for 1 min. No luck.    Now I am totally stuck here.  I had my old HDD with windows 8 on it and I upgraded with a new SSD but I haven't done anything with my old HDD. So now I am using my laptop with that HDD. To boot windows I am doing manually EFI boot. Still not able to repair the bootloader on that too.   Update 1 (12-7-2017)  So, I am able to boot from UBUNTU 16.04 live USB   Tried to repair with Boot-Repair - No luck Tried to remove/delete bootloader entry with efibootmgr but I can't do anything. every time I got this error Permission denied    sudo efibootmgr -v gives all the details of my SSD (volume ID and all), which I have used to install UBUNTU 17.10 where all the problems occurred in the first place. I am getting the same output even if I removed all the Drives from the motherboard.    So, everything written into BIOS is write protected. I am not able to do anything about that.