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Name: rocky96
Date: October 26, 2009 at 07:24:03 Pacific
OS: Windows XP
CPU/Ram: 2G
Subcategory: Hardware Problems
Comment:

Immediately upon start up, the computer freezes when the Dell Logo screen comes up... it's not even a complete load with the screen showing broken lines...I have a dell that is running XP and IE...any idea?



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Name: Chuck 2
Date: October 26, 2009 at 07:44:16 Pacific
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Possible that the harddrive is not running at its normal speed,
freezing up or slowing down. Or has quit.
My computer took 20 min. to boot the other day.
I was watching the HDD activity indicator light,
and it would remain on, and not rapidly blinking.
Mechanical devices do have problems.

Harddrive manufacturers have software for download for testing HDD.


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