HD begins whirring,Freez, then reboot shows no op system

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I got an asssembly line type emachines right outta thte boy..

I notice now, after about 10 minutes of running, the HD light lights up and it
just starts spinning at top speed. within about 3 minutes, i get a total
Freeze,,,, TOTAL.... pushing the power off button is all i can do.

But It does require me to let it sit for a couple minutes then at power-on I
get a NO OP SYS, and if i use afloppy, it shows no C: drive..

neXT I MUST GO INto bios and load setup defualt
then i get back in... its done it 4 times tonight once in the middel of defrag.

the sys msgs spoke about tcp/ip being needed but not installed cause its
waiting on another app to be installed first


etc
etc
 
Hi,

Sounds like the hard drive is failing. If it's under warranty, call the
manufacturer now. If not, get ready to replace it by backing up critical
data. I would confirm it by downloading and running a drive diagnostic tool
from the manufacturer, it should confirm if this is the problem. These are
generally free tools that run from a bootable floppy.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
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