lsass.exe error

You don't mention the OS.

XP, 98, ME,?

Zee

It's XP...

Should have read better.

Let's wait for XP Expert comments.

Zee

Go to www.bootdisk.com and create a boot floppy.  Boot to the floppy and do fdisk /mbr.  Then reformat the partition.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/Q69/0/13.ASP&NoWebContent=1

Also a couple questions:

Are you saying that the computer won't boot from CD? from any CD?
What kind of HP?

Quetzal, how do I get it to boot to the floppy it does not give me that option?  

just put the floppy disk in the drive and reboot... is usually boots from the floppy, unless if your bios settings are set to not look at the floppy disk on startup...

I will try thank you

feel free to let us know if you continue to have problems with this issue...

don't forget that if this resolves the issue that you remember to close out the question and award the points where appropriate...

what if the file is to large for a floppy?   I can not use a zip on the laptop since I can not do anything with it?

are you referring to creation of the boot disk? if you are creating one for win2k/xp, it will be multiple disks and you should follow the directions to extract/create the boot disk properly

I got it thanks I should of tried before I ask the stupid question.  Thanks I will keep you posted and will close if this works.

I do have an additional question it keeps asking for the ADMIN password and there is none ..... anyway to get around that?  

Well I finanlly get it to start to load the disk and then it comes to a dos like screen asking for the password.  There was never one set-up for admin after three atemps it stops the recovery process and shuts down.

Closed did not have a floppy on the lap top but HP finally got the issue resolved.

did any of the answers provided above assist you in resolving the problem?

Some of it did.  

Just trying to get an idea of what assisted you as the comment that you accepted didn't have any value towards the resolution of the issue. Might be best to have a moderator reopen the question for you so you can accept/split to the expert comments that assisted in you guys coming to your resolution...

this infor did not help since I did not have a floppy
just put the floppy disk in the drive and reboot... is usually boots from the floppy, unless if your bios settings are set to not look at the floppy disk on startup...

HP support gave me the info to get around the password thing.

The situation is resolved

Where is the option to close this?

racn52, if you didn't get the help you needed, just make a post in Community Support with a copy of the url to this question and ask that it be deleted.  The moderator will make a post in the question stating your request and ask for comments within 96 hrs....just to make sure that no one disagrees.  Then the question will be deleted and your point will be refunded.

As it is, you have awarded points to RevelationCS and the question is closed.

Even the experts like to learn from others...even if they don't benefit from getting the points.  I think all that RevelationCS was fishing for (as I am) was a couple details as to the "magic bullet" that HP supplied to you.

No need to reply to this, just thought you might want to know for the future.

Thanks for the info the site is not really user friendly and I did not know I assigned points.  Don't ask me why the following worked but it did.  All I know is the admin password was not longer required.
From: HP Pavilion Notebook E-mail Support
  To: Deb Pierce
  Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:09 PM
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