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help needed- pc crashes or freezes
Name: usernut Date: January 24, 2007 at 12:16:42 Pacific OS: xp sp2 CPU/Ram: 2.0ghz/512mb Product: p/bell
Comment:
i,m not sure of the cause. I can start up ok. I can open some programs ok for a few mins before it crashes or freezes. It freezes when I try to open control panel. I cant get online as aol starts but freezes when the home page comes up or when I get on to any other site. I unistalled aol and installed it again but still it crashes. I resized my display to 640 x 480 and I can get online for a few mins ok before it freezes or crashes again. any idea what could be wrong or what can I do to find out what,s causing it? thanks.
Name: jam Date: January 24, 2007 at 13:37:52 Pacific
Reply:
Check for overheating.
P.S. I don't know why anyone uses AOL anymore.
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Response Number 2
Name: shmyrbob Date: January 24, 2007 at 13:39:52 Pacific
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See if booting into safe mode helps at all.
Did you install any software recently?
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Response Number 3
Name: usernut Date: January 25, 2007 at 09:19:44 Pacific
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Hi, it,s not overheating.and i,ve not added any software. Can I run scandisk on xp?
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Response Number 4
Name: ron Date: January 26, 2007 at 07:41:10 Pacific
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Type sfc /scannow in the run panel Any corrupt missing files will be overwritten
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Response Number 5
Name: ron Date: January 26, 2007 at 12:46:41 Pacific
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Or from computer management in control panel ,select disk management. Click on highlighted drive ,then select properties.Then select tools. You the get the choice of checking for bad sectors
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