Help needed please !!!!!!!!!

gman1989 · #1 07-12-2006, 05:33 PM

Right i have a custum built pc which has 1 gig of memory 1 gig amd athlon processor 80 gig hard drive. now my problem is that 1 day about 2 weeks ago i was on my pc doing wot i do on it and it come to me having to shut it down. now bare in mind everything was working fine never had 1 single promlem with it. till it came to re booting it i started it up everything fine i got my boot screen up. then the windows xp pro loading screen came up fine loaded then it come to where its says welcome just before your desk top comes on and it took ages to get to my desktop . now i know its not the best pc in the world but god its fast and powerfull as hell. but as my desktop loaded i got the first couple of start up programs up like mi virus protection and safly remove hardware icon and then it froze up. now this has never happend before and i got quite a good computer brain so am not dumb at this kind of stuff. but then i left it for a minit thinking it would load up proply but then mi mouse froze 2 so i fort that i would have to restart which i did then it was all down hill from then on . tried to reboot then it gets to where it says welcome and it froze then tried again and it froze on the windows xp load screen. now my sisters partner is a microsoft certified systems engineer am sorrt for the spelling . but he said its sounds like it could be a virus but he lives quite far away there for unable to take a look and now i fort i may aswell try and install windows xp pro again to see if it corrects this problem . now i have had alook at simlar cases on the forums in this site but mi computer says my hard drive is working fine and the light comes on fine . but while i try and install windows i need to format my c drive so the first time i tried to install windows again it froze when it was loading it up and then 2 times again during the format process it got to 34 % and on mi second attempt it got to 24 % and then it totaly freezes . i used to kindof run my pc all day and all night somtimes as i am a heavy downloader but during the last month or so i have not been on it as much and it has been off for like 15 hours or more each day. now i have told you all that i can i would realy be happy if you could give me some sort of answer to help me correct the problem thank you

gman1989 · #2 07-12-2006, 05:49 PM

Right I have a custum built pc which has 1 gig of memory, 1 gig amd athlon processor 80 gig hard drive. Now my problem is that 1 day about 2 weeks ago I was on my pc doing what I do on it and it come to me having to shut it down. Now bare in mind everything was working fine, never had 1 single promlem with it. Until it came to re-booting it I started it up everything fine I got my boot screen up. Then the windows XP pro loading screen came up fine, loaded then it come to where its says welcome just before your desk top comes on and it took ages to get to my desktop. Now I know its not the best pc in the world but usually its very fast and powerful as hell but as my desktop loaded I got the first couple of start up programs up like my virus protection and safly remove hardware icon and then it froze up. Now this has never happend before and I got quite a good computer brain so am not dumb at this kind of stuff, but then I left it for a few minites thinking it would load up properley but then my mouse froze aswell, so I thought that I would have to restart it again, which I did then it was all down hill from then on. I tried to reboot then it gets to where it says welcome and it froze then tried again and it froze on the windows xp load screen. Now my sisters partner is a microsoft certified systems engineer (excuse the spelling). But he said its sounds like it could be a virus but he lives quite far away there for unable to take a look and now I thought I may aswell try and install windows XP pro again to see if it corrects this problem. Now I have had a look at simular cases on the forums in this site but my computer says my hard drive is working fine and the light comes on fine. But while I try and install windows I need to format my C drive so the first time I tried to install windows again it froze when it was loading it up and then 2 times again during the format process it got to 34 % and on my second attempt it got to 24 % and then it totaly froze .I used to kind of run my pc all day and all night sometimes as I am a heavy downloader but during the last month or so I have not been on it as much and it has been off for like 15 hours or more each day. Now I have told you all that I can and I would really be happy if you could give me some sort of answer to help me correct the problem, thank you.

lucky_chouhan · #3 07-13-2006, 12:51 AM

when your pc start press F8 and select Last Know good Configuration.
select this option and boot.after this restart normal. i hope your problem is solved.

gman1989 · #4 07-13-2006, 10:47 AM

thank you for your help but its not as simple as that it takes me about 10 goes to get it running and thats if am lucky

f2004 · #5 07-13-2006, 08:26 PM

I am not a genius..but after reading your description I feel that your RAM needs to be checked...because you mentioned that the starting part goes through ok...so what i think is that your PC is getting stuck when demanded for more memory (bigger tasks) u know.....there are many downloadable memory testing software you could try...but first try removing the RAM and fixing it back into position because it could be loose.....and if you have 2 slots of memory....then 1 piece may be damaged...try running with 1 piece and exchange to the other if not working still.