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GIJane1968 · Jul 20, 2007, 10:36 PM

My husband and I are concerned because he uses his computer for his business.

Anyway it seems like lately it's been crashing a lot. The first time it crashed on me was about 2 weeks ago. Now it seems to be crashing a couple times a day.

One of us will be using a program like Excel, file maker pro, or photoshop and the hard drive will be churning away then all the desk top icons will disappear or the screen freezes.

I know he listens to a lot of internet radio and stuff while working not sure if that's part of the problem. We have also ran a full virus scan of our software using Panda Antivirus. With no virus found

Does anyone have any ideas what may be the problem may be, and how we may fix it?

Thanks in advance,
GI Jane 1968

douglassolomons · Jul 20, 2007, 11:48 PM

Hi there GIJane1968.
There's too many causes of the symptoms you described, however this is the time you NEED to back-up your data.
You need to think on buying another hard disk drive.
If your hard disk drive is still under warrantee you could request a replacement.

spycobra · Jul 20, 2007, 11:55 PM

Might be a really bad problem you hsould really consider just gettinga knew one. Cause if its your mother board. Then you should just spend the money on a new computer. That one you have just is giving up. Nothing last forever.

Luxavius · Jul 21, 2007, 01:31 AM

Computers use RAM (random access memory) to run programs while you are using them. If the RAM is being used too much, then things will start to crash. I recommend going to Start > My Computer, right clicking on the C: drive > Properties, and see if you have at least 10 gigabytes of memory free as this is recommended. Also, in the C: properties, click on the Tools tab and then Defragment Now (recommended to do once a month).

If you suspect it is a virus or similar, you can go to Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore and restore your computer to a point before the problem started to occur.

And of course, you need to use Spybot and other anti-spyware and anti-viral programs to keep your computer safe.

The alternative to is to format your hard drive and start over!

GIJane1968 · Jul 21, 2007, 07:54 AM

Hello again,

Thanks for all the input... I hope we don't need a new computer... we just bought it about a year ago.

I did run the defragger last night and it took a long time to defrag the C drive. I also looked at the RAM available and it says used space is 43.7 GB and 180 GB free space.

If we do a system restore will we loose data? We try to store most of our important stuff on an external hard drive. Also I have the desktop the external HD and my laptop all networked.

I just had the "blue screen of death" on the laptop and recovered all my data, and replaced the HD. Of course now that one is running fine.

I guess my main question is about the system restore... will that just reset Windows XP?
Thanks again,
GI Jane 1968

jonbee47 · Jul 26, 2007, 08:58 AM

Originally Posted by GIJane1968

My husband and I are concerned because he uses his computer for his business.

Anyways it seems like lately it's been crashing alot. The first time it crashed on me was about 2 weeks ago. Now it seems to be crashing a couple times a day.

One of us will be using a program like Excel, file maker pro, or photoshop and the hard drive will be churning away then all the desk top icons will disapear or the screen freezes.

I know he listens to alot of internet radio and stuff while working not sure if that's part of the problem. We have also ran a full virus scan of our software using Panda Antivirus. With no virus found

Does anyone have any ideas what may be the problem may be, and how we may fix it?

Thanks in advance,
GI Jane 1968

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