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‎10-29-2026 06:00 PM

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Product: HP Laptop PC 15s-fq2000 (2D118AV)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11

Getting a Watchdog Error after waiting on the HP Logo screen to boot up Tried to do everything I could think of other than reinstalling Window 11.

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‎10-30-2026 07:29 AM

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Hi @HalstedZ4,

  1. Press F2 at power-on to run HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (memory and storage tests).
  2. Unplug all USB devices and docks, then try again.
  3. Force Windows Recovery (power off 3 times during boot) → Startup Repair, or Uninstall Updates.
  4. Update the BIOS from https://support.hp.com/drivers if you can reach Windows.

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‎10-30-2026 04:07 PM

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Hello,

Thank you for the suggestion, but I have ran all of the diagnostic test, which all passed with no issues, I have tried to boot it into safe mode but then it does not boot into that mode/unable to get into the F2 menu/BIOS/Windows Recovery tool due to time out. It takes me back to the Watchdog error message and then starts the loop again.

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