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#798594 5th Jun 2013 8:17pm
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Hi,

I am trying to restore my aptop to the factory defaults, have a the discs,but when i follow the instructions,i cant delete any stuff aready on it because one of my keys are not working, the key is "L,this is the prompt etter to deete my stuff,(i am using on screen keyboard atm)hence some of my words above are missing the etter l.

Any ideas pease.


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Borrow a USB keyboard from a friend. Plug it in to an available USB slot and voila!

Alternative would be to have the keyboard replaced.

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thnx for that,but surey whie the machine is restoring no pug ins wi work

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Have you tried giving the keyboard a good upside down shake in case it is a bit of rubbish under the L?

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That happened to our keyboard , some letters were sticking , i cleaned with earbuds and even toke some letters off to clean ,FOOD and drink residue < daughter .... >fine since ....

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What make of laptop is it

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How come the "L" worked in the topic heading "defaults"?

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Originally Posted by spgb1a
Hi,

I am trying to restore my aptop to the factory defaults, have a the discs,but when i follow the instructions,i cant delete any stuff aready on it because one of my keys are not working, the key is "L,this is the prompt etter to deete my stuff,(i am using on screen keyboard atm)hence some of my words above are missing the etter l.

Any ideas pease.



How come it works in "defaults" and "follow" and "delete" and when you're telling us which key it is but after that it doesn't work? Or am I just being stupid?

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its a hp nx 6110

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because i was using the on screen keyboard,but when i try to use that type of keyboard to restore it wont do it until it has windows up and running

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I just connected a usb keyboard to my laptop and went into the bios setup using the usb keyboard, so it does not need software to operate. Cheers

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ok thnx alot for that,ill invest in one then,didnt think a usb one would,u learn somat new every day, thnx m8, even my k and l dont work now and just come off the board,gggggrrrrrr,pmsl

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Originally Posted by spgb1a
thnx for that,but surey whie the machine is restoring no pug ins wi work


A USB Keyboard will work smile

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Originally Posted by ZipperClub
I just connected a usb keyboard to my laptop and went into the bios setup using the usb keyboard, so it does not need software to operate. Cheers


Is this first post invisable?

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no why

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