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weak processor vs hard drive failing
Posted on 4/20/15 at 4:13 am
Posted on 4/20/15 at 4:13 am
had my computer come over to help with some other issues - ie not performing windows updates etc. Noticing that the unit is freezing up more frequently. Is there a test to see if that hard drive is failing vs a weak processor. HP unit with 1.35 tb available, processor is a AMD II x4 645 3.10 ghz.
The guy is local in Gonzales and one of his techs comes to my house or looks at my comuter via team viewer.
TIA
The guy is local in Gonzales and one of his techs comes to my house or looks at my comuter via team viewer.
TIA
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Posted on 4/20/15 at 6:37 am to Gorilla Ball
What brand hard drive? If it's a Seagate, download Seatools for DOS, create a bootable disc, and run the Long Test. If it's not a Seagate, it won't let you run the test. Great tool for Seagate drives and much better than chkdsk.
Posted on 4/20/15 at 6:42 am to Oates Mustache
Every major drive manufacturer has a downloadable test suite of some sort. I wouldn't waste a huge amount of time on it though or you might wind up paying the tech more than a new computer would cost.
Posted on 4/20/15 at 7:13 am to foshizzle
If it's a hard drive issue (bad sectors), you probably have a dying drive. Download Marcrium reflect (it's free), buy a new drive, and clone it. No use trying to repair bad sectors,that only buys you some time.
Posted on 4/20/15 at 7:59 am to Gorilla Ball
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Noticing that the unit is freezing up
What do you mean by freezes up? Could you elaborate.
Posted on 4/20/15 at 8:40 am to Layabout
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What do you mean by freezes up? Could you elaborate.
Guessing his .netframework update is taking longer than he thinks it should...
Posted on 4/20/15 at 9:07 am to GrammarKnotsi
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Guessing his .netframework update is taking longer than he thinks it should...
I was thinking the same thing. His tech guy probably activated automatic updates and it had a lot of catching up to do which can drag down the HDD.
This post was edited on 4/20/15 at 9:09 am
Posted on 4/20/15 at 9:08 am to Layabout
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What do you mean by freezes up? Could you elaborate.
the damn thing just stops and is processing webpages for example or I have to ask it to recover the webpage.
Posted on 4/20/15 at 9:10 am to Gorilla Ball
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processing webpages for example or I have to ask it to recover the webpage.
Is this in Chrome ?
Posted on 4/20/15 at 9:12 am to Gorilla Ball
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the damn thing just stops and is processing webpages for example or I have to ask it to recover the webpage.
Does the keyboard lock? Or does it just give you a time-out message and let you try again to connect?
Does this happen when you're running non-browser applications?
You may have a network problem of some sort.
Posted on 4/20/15 at 9:13 am to Layabout
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Guessing his .netframework update is taking longer than he thinks it should... I was thinking the same thing. His tech guy probably activated automatic updates and it had a lot of catching up to do which can drag down the HDD.
up until about 2 months ago I was performing windows updates every sunday for example and it just stopped allowing the updates to happen and I was getting errors - the errors have cleared up.
just that webpages freeze up for example
Posted on 4/20/15 at 9:36 am to Gorilla Ball
How much RAM is in there...
How fast is your internet...
IS IT ON WIRELESS..
How fast is your internet...
IS IT ON WIRELESS..
Posted on 4/20/15 at 10:50 am to Gorilla Ball
I am running a similar HP computer and haven't encountered any of the problems you have. Try these 2 free and portable utilities to check your HD and repair Windows Updates.
For the Hd use https://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-SOFTWARE/HDD-Tools/Portable-HDDExpert.shtml
For windows update use, https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=2044
Also is your system clean of Malware and is it defragged? Another possibility is bit rot. You may try a fresh reinstall of the OS.
For the Hd use https://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-SOFTWARE/HDD-Tools/Portable-HDDExpert.shtml
For windows update use, https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=2044
Also is your system clean of Malware and is it defragged? Another possibility is bit rot. You may try a fresh reinstall of the OS.
Posted on 4/20/15 at 5:41 pm to Filtiger
Thanks I'll look into this when I get back in town
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