re: computer freezing up after its been on for awhile Monday, March 30, 2009 at 11:54 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Ricer46 (23824 messages posted) If you're lucky, it's overheating because the cpu heat sink is dirty. Open the case and blow out the dust using a vacuum cleaner. Take care not to spin the fan to fast when doing this. On Monday, March 30, 2009 at 9:40 am, kathy Ward wrote: >Mycomputer just started to freeze after it has been on for awhile. This is the message >I get when I turn it off than back on. Checking the File System" C" One of your disk >needs to be checked for consistency. Type of file system Fat 32.So how do I go about >fixing this problem. I am NOT a computer whiz,so explain in lay mans terms please. >Thank you Written in response to: computer freezing up after its been on for awhile (kathy Ward: Monday, March 30, 2009 at 9:40 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] computer freezing up after its been on for awhile (kathy Ward: Mon, Mar 30, 2009, 9:40 am) re: computer freezing up after its been on for awhile (MartinM: Mon, Mar 30, 2009, 10:28 am) re: computer freezing up after its been on for awhile (Ricer46: Mon, Mar 30, 2009, 11:54 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum