Hp touchpad hardware reset
Your last resort will be upon completion of the complete Windows reinstallation on your laptop's hard drive produces no improvement and the Touchpad still fails to work-at that point you'll need to order the part and take the laptop apart to replace it or take to your local Computer Pro and have them do it for you. If you do reinstall Windows make sure you select the FORMAT PARTITIONS or FORMAT DRIVE options to wipe out all hidden areas of the hard drive where sneaky RootKit viruses can hide. That should not be your last resort however. You said you were going to do that anyway. If you need help with the cleanup, we have a dedicated Forum here at TSF to help you with that here: īe aware that once you remove the viruses, as I indicated, may cause irreparable damage to your Registry, and the only fix is to reinstall Windows completely from Factory Recovery Discs or Recovery Partition. Post back your results on the virus scan. Have you tried rolling back your system using System Restore to an earlier time prior to when the touchpad problem first manifested itself? Say 1 week ago, 1 month ago, etc.? This also fixes problems, if it's a spyware virus for instance rolling back your system will remove that virus and reconstitute your Touchpad drivers. Have you run Virus scans on your laptop? If so, which ones? If you haven't done this yet, you should, as it's a lot less trouble than replacing the touchpad itself since it requires disassembly of the laptop often several hours to get to that part. Often this is the result of virus damage after a virus removal. This has worked a couple of times for me, but more often than not, it's due to a corrupted or outdated touchpad driver.