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Question: Help with my laptop freezing up?

(Posted by: henneyqwerty on 2010-03-13 07:47:04)

Can anyone help me about my laptop keep freezing up.. when it happens i can do nothing my cursors turns into a frozen egg timer and all i can do is hold the power off button and then turn my computer back on. It has done this before but not for as long and fixed its self. i also cant press CTRL ALT DEL either all feedback appreciated. Thanks

Posted by: Brryne on 2010-03-13, 08:28:43

Such issues are software related. If you are using windows, there is a possibility that the ram is low or over-used by heavy programs loaded upon startup. Try the following: - Option 1 1. Start= >run 2. type msconfig and enter 3. go to startup button and disable all except antivirus 4. Restart your pc Option 2 Still on windows install antivirus that scans the pc before taking you to desktop such as avast antivirus - make sure you update it. Enable onboot scan and restart. This is due to virus the replicates itself in the computer ram Option 3 You may be required to scan you hard drive externally for virus check.

Posted by: Tasha on 2010-03-13, 15:20:52

You might try running checkdisk : I copied and pasted the instructions from microsoft support Manual steps to run Chkdsk from My Computer or Windows Explorer Double-click My Computer, and then right-click the hard disk that you want to check. Click Properties, and then click Tools. Under Error-checking, click Check Now. A dialog box that shows the Check disk options is displayed, Use one of the following procedures: To run Chkdsk in read-only mode, click Start. To repair errors without scanning the volume for bad sectors, select the Automatically fix file system errors check box, and then click Start. To repair errors, locate bad sectors, and recover readable information, select the Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors check box, and then click Start. Note If one or more of the files on the hard disk are open, you will receive the following message: The disk check could not be performed because the disk check utility needs exclusive access to some Windows files on the disk. These files can be accessed by restarting Windows. Do you want to schedule the disk check to occur the next time you restart the computer?

Posted by: Gaga on 2010-03-14, 07:06:51

The most likely cause is a bloated registry which has become the home for all kinds of useless bits and pieces of data. Whenever any change is made to the system settings or a program is installed or uninstalled, a new entry is generated in the registry. The operating system while running your computer has to pick its way through all this excess material. There is a multitude of useless bits and pieces to be removed.Parts of uninstalled programs,parts of incompletely installed programs,dead drivers and many other things. clean your registry and remove all the useless data fragments and no longer needed information to fix the freeze error! I should like to commend Registry Easy cleanup-comuter-run-perfectly.com to you ! You can try ! Good luck!