Ok, so basically, I just spent a lot on a new PC but it isn't working as well as I expected it to. When I first got it up and running it worked like a dream, bit recently it has been freezing constantly and I'm lucky if I can open Photoshop in under a minute. Then once it's open, it always crashes...any ideas???
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What type of "problems" are you getting? more detail needed, you getting blue screens etc?
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well normally, when things crash, most of the time, it could be the Ram, but when i experience problems with the ram, it bluescreens so, yeah i would check the temps, make sure all cables and wires on mobo are connect (take them out and plonk them back in) thats your best bet tbh
I had this sort of problem abit ago with my comp, i thought it was hardware/heat issues.
Anything i would open, be it IE,Msn, cpu-z u name it any app caused it to freeze, no blue screens at all.
Tested everything and all passed but it was still happening even with a fresh install, so i just RMA'd my HD as thats what i thought it was, and it came back repaired, ever since all has been fine.
So to me it sounds like ethier your op system has become flacky, try a re-install of it.
If its not the op system then i would suspect the Hard drive.
Anything i would open, be it IE,Msn, cpu-z u name it any app caused it to freeze, no blue screens at all.
Tested everything and all passed but it was still happening even with a fresh install, so i just RMA'd my HD as thats what i thought it was, and it came back repaired, ever since all has been fine.
So to me it sounds like ethier your op system has become flacky, try a re-install of it.
If its not the op system then i would suspect the Hard drive.
It's a brand new system, I got it in April/May, the system specs are in my sig. My problem sounds exactly the same as bifday2k's. I know you're all joking, but I don't really watch pr0n, I download next to nothing, and never from an unrecognised site, plus my machine is practically empty. It's really unnerving; I'm just about to start college, so I really need the PC for that, plus it was money I shouldn't have spent being so close to being able to drive. But anyway, that's besides the point, the point is I need to fix this problem. OK, I'm not great with PC's so could someone talk me through what I should do. I won't be reading these posts from my PC so I can do whatever needs to be done. Please help!
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have you overclocked the processor? if you have there could be overheating problems, also i reccomend a full virus and spyware check anyway just to make sure, or even a full reinstall of your OS an see how that goes
windows is knackered (for whatever reason) or the hard drive is going down
Run hdtune to rule out the latter. reinstall windows to rule out the former. If neither solve the problem report back and we'll look into more obscure issues, but it's probably one of those
Run hdtune to rule out the latter. reinstall windows to rule out the former. If neither solve the problem report back and we'll look into more obscure issues, but it's probably one of those
OK, so i assume hdtune is on the internet. I'll look for it. And I know this is going to sound rather silly, but how do I go about re-installing the OS? Do i just clear me HDD and re-install everything...or is there an easier way???
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put in the OS disc be it windows or whatever, choose boot from disc and then it'll just run through, you can reformat your hardrive and do a fresh install then
Either back up data or accept that its gone, then put in the windows cd much like when you first installed windows. Vista walks you through it.
All the easier ways feature backing up a working operating system first then restoring from it, since you dont have a known working operating system this option is closed to you.
Personally I use an XP cd which I edited a bit with a program called nlite, the vista version is called vlite. It installs drivers for me, the missus laptop, her sisters and her mothers, along with programs like vlc, avast and firefox. This took me a good few hours to set up but it saves an enormous amount of time once done. For just one computer, keeping it offline throughout, install windows, then all your programs and drivers, defragment and move folders around as you like. Then image it with whatever approach you like, later on when it's all broken you just copy the image back across.
I zero the remainder of the partition then use dd piped through gzip from an ubuntu live cd. There are friendlier ways though, I think Norton ghost is a favorite
All the easier ways feature backing up a working operating system first then restoring from it, since you dont have a known working operating system this option is closed to you.
Personally I use an XP cd which I edited a bit with a program called nlite, the vista version is called vlite. It installs drivers for me, the missus laptop, her sisters and her mothers, along with programs like vlc, avast and firefox. This took me a good few hours to set up but it saves an enormous amount of time once done. For just one computer, keeping it offline throughout, install windows, then all your programs and drivers, defragment and move folders around as you like. Then image it with whatever approach you like, later on when it's all broken you just copy the image back across.
I zero the remainder of the partition then use dd piped through gzip from an ubuntu live cd. There are friendlier ways though, I think Norton ghost is a favorite