formating my hard drive

BOOPDOGMGB120 · 10-10-2007, 06:57 PM

I let a friend of mine take a look at my computer because I had a few bugs in it that my anti virus found but could not remove.He somehow removed them, but at the same time he must have removed something critical. My keyboard was no longer working and the mouse may or may not fuction after rebooting several times.I've ran system restore with no luck so I decided to format the hard drive. I put in my recovery disc then rebooted the computer. When it comes on it says," press 'F' to format hard drive". So I am stuck because I'm unable to use the keyboard. And also, even though it knows that the recovery disc is in the drive, if I go to my computer the DVD drive is not present. My computer is a HP Pavillion a708n. If someone can help me I sure would appreciate it. Thanks for listening.

Tadow · 10-10-2007, 06:59 PM

Is it a USB or Ps/2 connection keyboard?

BOOPDOGMGB120 · 10-10-2007, 07:03 PM

it's USB

Tadow · 10-10-2007, 07:05 PM

If you can find a ps/2 connector one then plug it in and try that and see if it will allow you to proceed

BOOPDOGMGB120 · 10-10-2007, 07:08 PM

I've tried that, but no luck

kharen · 10-10-2007, 07:33 PM

try to buy or change your usb pci card...

10-10-2007, 06:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
BOOPDOGMGB120 Newb Techie Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3	formating my hard drive I let a friend of mine take a look at my computer because I had a few bugs in it that my anti virus found but could not remove.He somehow removed them, but at the same time he must have removed something critical. My keyboard was no longer working and the mouse may or may not fuction after rebooting several times.I've ran system restore with no luck so I decided to format the hard drive. I put in my recovery disc then rebooted the computer. When it comes on it says," press 'F' to format hard drive". So I am stuck because I'm unable to use the keyboard. And also, even though it knows that the recovery disc is in the drive, if I go to my computer the DVD drive is not present. My computer is a HP Pavillion a708n. If someone can help me I sure would appreciate it. Thanks for listening.

10-10-2007, 06:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tadow True Techie Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 128	Re: formating my hard drive Is it a USB or Ps/2 connection keyboard? __________________ Intel Q6600 GeForce 8800 GT Gigabyte p35-ds3r 2 gig Crucial 500 gig hdd

10-10-2007, 07:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
BOOPDOGMGB120 Newb Techie Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3	Re: formating my hard drive it's USB

10-10-2007, 07:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
Tadow True Techie Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 128	Re: formating my hard drive If you can find a ps/2 connector one then plug it in and try that and see if it will allow you to proceed __________________ Intel Q6600 GeForce 8800 GT Gigabyte p35-ds3r 2 gig Crucial 500 gig hdd

10-10-2007, 07:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
BOOPDOGMGB120 Newb Techie Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3	Re: formating my hard drive I've tried that, but no luck

10-10-2007, 07:33 PM	#6 (permalink)
kharen Junior Techie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 51	Re: formating my hard drive try to buy or change your usb pci card... __________________ Catch the all time TV Series on DVD Get all the ps3 games based on movies l new gadget

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