[GRLUG] Laptop not booting

[Adam M. Erickson]

+1

> And make sure you have all USB devices disconnection;  on one of my
> previous HP laptops having my phone connected to the USB port would hang
> the laptop at the boot screen.

Thumb drives, Printers with media card readers, & Cameras have given
me problems in the past with HP. They do not need to be boot-able, I
just had "boot to USB" switch on in the BOIS for this to become
irritating enough to shut it off in the BIOS.