pc makes noise and dies or freezes at random, what's the issue?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by kukush, Sep 30, 2007.

  1. kukush

    kukush Private E-2

    Hi,
    My PC, at random times:
    - makes a CD scratching noise and immediately freezes/dies
    - freezes completely without noise
    - thinks too long on simple things like right clicking on a folder or clicking on delete when trying to delete file

    I don't know what to check, where to look.
    Any advice is much appreciated!
    Thanks!
     
  2. baklogic

    baklogic The Tinkerer

    Sounds a bit like the hard drive is getting suspect. I would save your data to cd,, and try a hard drive testing tool- if you can see the name of the hard drive- Maxtor/Seagate/Western Dital/Hitachi, or whatever , a tool to test is usually available- many from majorgeeks downloads section
     

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