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

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Posted by Oates Mustache

Member since Oct 2011

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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.

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Posted by Layabout

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Posted on 4/20/15 at 7:59 am to Gorilla Ball

quote:
Noticing that the unit is freezing up

What do you mean by freezes up? Could you elaborate.

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Posted by Filtiger

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Member since Apr 2009

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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.

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