Beep & Shutdown problem

[Guest]

I have XP Home SP 1. Three times this week, the computer hangs,
then I hear a "beep," and it's frozen. Control+Alt+Delete won't work.
I can't even shut it down by doing that twice.

I have to hold the power button in and shut the computer down
that way.

When I start it up again, I get a message that Windows recovered
from a device failure. I'd like to know what could be causing this,
and how to fix it.

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[Guest]

Hard to say,the power supply might be,this needs to be tested at a computer
service center,remove from computer,it takes 5 minutes or so.Memory is
usually the problem,or the controller,to test,download the utility and
install to
a MS-DOS formatted floppy,boot to floppy.Download from:
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp Video card,or the board itself......

 

[V Green]

Check your cooling fans, all of them.

Clean out crud from heatsinks.

 

[Sean Fitzmaurice]

Sounds like the Hard Disk is on it's way out... The freeze is caused when
the hard disk stops spinning..

I suggest backing-up all crytical information on the drive and replace it
before it's too late***

Seán