My laptop lets me sign in but all I can get is a blue background

[Dariust]

I have a HP laptop model15-ba077cl. It has been rest to factory settings and has been off for a while. Now I’m trying to get it set up for my young daughter to use for school but it lets me sign in, but all I get is a dark blue screen. I can’t even get settings or anything to pull up. When I touch the pad or click on anything all I get is a tone and it looks like it’s trying to open up but never does. What is my problem?

[WAWood]

@Dariust 

Forcing internal factory resets often lead to problems -- looks like yours has done this.

Since your PC can not successfully do an internal factory reset, your only ways to accomplish this are the following:
- Factory reset using external HP image you make
- Factory reset using external HP image you buy

Each of these is discussed in some detail below ...

---------- Factory reset using external HP image you make ----------
HP provides a Cloud Recovery tool that you can use, together with a 32GB USB stick, to create your on HP reset media.

Here is the link: https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06162205

This works the same as the factory reset described above.

---------- Factory reset using external HP image you buy ----------
For those PCs not supported by the Cloud Recovery, in some cases, HP offers Recover Media for sale. This can not be downloaded; instead, it must be ordered from HP.

HP Recovery Media is a set of DVDs and a CD, or USB stick, that will erase the hard drive (removing all data, settings, and applications, reinstall the original OS, drivers, and some HP Utilities.

In some cases, you may be able to order a USB stick instead of disks.

You can look online for Recovery Media starting with the linked paged: http://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers

Once there, input your Product name or number. On your Software and Drivers Download page, select your Operating System and and Version. Click &quot;Update&quot;.<br><br>If HP Recovery Media is available for your machine, down near the bottom of the page, you will see an entry for Order Recovery Media-CD/DVD/USB. Click the &quot;+&quot; symbol to expand that entry and click on Order Media for details.

Or, if you prefer, you can do the same by contacting HP Customer Support.

HP contact info: https://support.hp.com/us-en/contact-hp?openCLC=true

If HP no longer carries the media you need, another site you should check for HP Recovery Media is: http://www.computersurgeons.com/

These work the same as the factory reset described above.

[Dariust]

Thank you, I continued to work with it and finally got it to work. I was able to add my daughter as a user and set her up for school. Thanks again for the help. I will be sure to keep these solutions at hand in case I need them in the future.