Mouse stopped responding on my netbook, is it fixable?

[Big A]

I have an HP netbook running Windows 7, and the mouse no longer works. The track pad itself is unresponsive, and also when plugged into my KVM via USB, the keboard works, but the mouse does not.

Not that I have a copy of Windows to re-install, but the netbook doesn't have CD drive. I suppose that I can try to get a copy DL's to my dettached hard drive, but will that even fix it? There isn't a whole lot on the internal HD itself, but I'd rather not have to wipe everything if at all possible. I've booted in safe mode, and it does the same.

Is there an "easy" fix for this, or did the OS shit the bed?

[Reefer Rae]

Wipe down the touch pad with alcohol pad , mine is in a shop and gets dirty and wont do anything

[71chevellejohn]

Have you checked and made sure that the trackpad is not accidentally turned off?

Some laptops have a switch for the track pad.

Googling found this result:

press the FN button well pressing F9 this should work if your pc doesnt have a FN key than on the bottom right corner ther should be an icon for the touch pad most pc's use synaptics pointing device so look for that.

[LS1Goat]

Hold your horses on re-installing the OS for a non-function mouse/touch pad.

1. Unplug the mouse from the USB port
2. Verify that the Touch pad is Enabled. On HP laptops, like my G60, there is a button that is orange for off and white for on.
3. Shut down the computer. If you have no mouse pointer ability at all > Control/Alt/Delete and use the Tab button to highlight the red function box on the bottom right > Shut down the computer, not a restart.
4. Once the computer is shut down > Unplug the PC from electrical power > Remove laptop battery > Wait about 30 seconds > Plug back into electrical power > Turn back on.
5. Once it boots back up to the desktop > Plug mouse back in > Put laptop battery back in.

[Big A]

Hold your horses on re-installing the OS for a non-function mouse/touch pad.

1. Unplug the mouse from the USB port
2. Verify that the Touch pad is Enabled. On HP laptops, like my G60, there is a button that is orange for off and white for on.
3. Shut down the computer. If you have no mouse pointer ability at all > Control/Alt/Delete and use the Tab button to highlight the red function box on the bottom right > Shut down the computer, not a restart.
4. Once the computer is shut down > Unplug the PC from electrical power > Remove laptop battery > Wait about 30 seconds > Plug back into electrical power > Turn back on.
5. Once it boots back up to the desktop > Plug mouse back in > Put laptop battery back in.

I had my hopes up, but that didn't work. It's not a dirty or off track pad, because there is no on/off toggle for the track pad on the netbook, and the USB mouse would work if the trackpad was dirty.

Now the keyboard on the netbook isn't working along with the track pad. cntrl/alt/dlt and tab does nothing, so I had to power it down with the power button. I think that something in the OS is FUBAR at this point.

[LS1Goat]

I had my hopes up, but that didn't work. It's not a dirty or off track pad, because there is no on/off toggle for the track pad on the netbook, and the USB mouse would work if the trackpad was dirty.

Now the keyboard on the netbook isn't working along with the track pad. cntrl/alt/dlt and tab does nothing, so I had to power it down with the power button. I think that something in the OS is FUBAR at this point.

Well, I would suggest at this point trying to roll back to a restore point prior to when the problems started. However, you may just have to do a System Restore under the Recovery Console. Escape button then F11 on most HP notebooks with Windows 7 during start up.