PC Locks Up

[Lisa]

My PC has been locking up for some time. I have an 80g
hard drive and 512 SDRAM. When it locks up I cannot even
get the the Windows Task Manager up by pressing CTRL+ALT-
DEL. I cannot do a proper shut down and I am forced to
shut it down manually. A few days ago Windows would not
come up at all. The screen that appeared was the one that
allows you to choose starting in Safe Mode, Normally or
from the last known good point but no matter what I chose
it would just go back to that same screen. I could not
even start it in Safe Mode. I have an XP disc so I tried
doing a repair but it didn't work. Finally, as a last
resort, I reinstalled Windows XP. Of course I lost
everything and in addition, I still have the same
problem. The PC freezes, I am forced to manually shut it
down. In addition, it will reboot unless I unplug the PC.
I have AVG installed and no viruses are detected. I know
if I continue to power it down, I will lose everything
again. In fact, I just had to shut it down and I got that
same screen that I couldn't get by before but this time I
was able to get Windows started on the third attempt. I
know I'm operating on borrowed time. Does anyone have any
suggestions. Thanks in advance!

 

[Harry Ohrn]

This could be a hardware problem. If the system is under warranty have it
checked.

 

[Mark Test]

Agree, have you recently installed a new video card or sound card?
Perhaps added RAM? If so remove and re-install the old card
or memory, and see if that keeps your PC from locking up.

Mark

This could be a hardware problem. If the system is under warranty have it
checked.

--

Harry Ohrn - MS MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

My PC has been locking up for some time. I have an 80g
hard drive and 512 SDRAM. When it locks up I cannot even
get the the Windows Task Manager up by pressing CTRL+ALT-
DEL. I cannot do a proper shut down and I am forced to
shut it down manually. A few days ago Windows would not
come up at all. The screen that appeared was the one that
allows you to choose starting in Safe Mode, Normally or
from the last known good point but no matter what I chose
it would just go back to that same screen. I could not
even start it in Safe Mode. I have an XP disc so I tried
doing a repair but it didn't work. Finally, as a last
resort, I reinstalled Windows XP. Of course I lost
everything and in addition, I still have the same
problem. The PC freezes, I am forced to manually shut it
down. In addition, it will reboot unless I unplug the PC.
I have AVG installed and no viruses are detected. I know
if I continue to power it down, I will lose everything
again. In fact, I just had to shut it down and I got that
same screen that I couldn't get by before but this time I
was able to get Windows started on the third attempt. I
know I'm operating on borrowed time. Does anyone have any
suggestions. Thanks in advance!