Reformatting computer Freezing

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I have been reformatting my Dell Optiplex. Well it is freezing up during the
process. Anyone have any suggestions. Maybe a bad hard drive but it does not
seem like it.
OS-Windows XP svpk2
 
flutterby said:
I have been reformatting my Dell Optiplex. Well it is freezing up during the
process. Anyone have any suggestions. Maybe a bad hard drive but it does not
seem like it.
OS-Windows XP svpk2
IT is Freezing at 100%
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flutterby said:
I have been reformatting my Dell Optiplex. Well it is freezing up during
the
process. Anyone have any suggestions. Maybe a bad hard drive but it does
not
seem like it.
OS-Windows XP svpk2
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What exactly do you mean by freezing? What point does it freeze? Are
there any error messages?

There are a number of possible causes for this, two of which are failing
memory and incompatible or failing hardware. Remove everything that isn't
essential, strip the hardware down to the bare minimum - just the video
card.

HTH
-pk
 
flutterby said:
I have been reformatting my Dell Optiplex. Well it is freezing up during
the
process. Anyone have any suggestions. Maybe a bad hard drive but it does
not
seem like it.
OS-Windows XP svpk2
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Do some testing

1. HDD diagnostics from the manufacurer's site
2. RAM http://www.memtest86.org
3. swap out the power supply

rgds
Roberto
 
=?Utf-8?B?Zmx1dHRlcmJ5?= said:
I have been reformatting my Dell Optiplex. Well it is freezing up during the
process. Anyone have any suggestions. Maybe a bad hard drive but it does not
seem like it.
OS-Windows XP svpk2
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YEs, a format will freeze after booting with a bootdisk to format if the
hard drive is bad or incorrectly set up in the bios.
 
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