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re: computer freezes help? Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 1:27 pm Posted by Johnb33 (2283 messages posted) Don't expect to boot to another hard drive from a different computer and expect it to load windows as all the hardware is different. You need to work with the original drive. Download and run the drive makers disk diagnostic utility and hopefully it will fix any errors that it finds and will allow you to boot back into windows. A client of mine had the same issue a couple weeks ago and thats what I had to do. On Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 1:03 pm, gary wrote: >my computer freezes up on startup even in safemode.unable to boot from reinstalation >cd. now here the real kicker.switched hard drive with another computer samr thing >happens. open to all suggestions. please help! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: computer freezes help? Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 1:31 pm Posted by gary (776 messages posted) just tried that no go.still freezes up.tried booting from boot disc wont boot and freezes up. On Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 1:27 pm, Johnb33 wrote: > >Don't expect to boot to another hard drive from a different computer and expect it >to load windows as all the hardware is different. You need to work with the original >drive. Download and run the drive makers disk diagnostic utility and hopefully it >will fix any errors that it finds and will allow you to boot back into windows. >A client of mine had the same issue a couple weeks ago and thats what I had to do. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: computer freezes help? Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 5:04 pm Posted by Adam Bradley (8787 messages posted) If it refuses to install from the restore CD something is probably broken in the hardware, try running the hard drive maker's diagnostic tool first. On Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 1:31 pm, gary wrote: >just tried that no go.still freezes up.tried booting from boot disc wont boot and >freezes up. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: computer freezes help? Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 5:10 pm Posted by gary (776 messages posted) unable to boot up to try.if hard drive is bad.would getting a new one and reinstalling the system work? On Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 5:04 pm, Adam Bradley wrote: >If it refuses to install from the restore CD something is probably broken in the >hardware, try running the hard drive maker's diagnostic tool first. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: computer freezes help? Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 5:20 pm Posted by Adam Bradley (8787 messages posted) See if the motherboard's BIOS can detect the hard drive, a new hard drive will only help if it is the source of the problem. On Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 5:10 pm, gary wrote: >unable to boot up to try.if hard drive is bad.would getting a new one and reinstalling >the system work? > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: computer freezes help? Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 5:21 pm Posted by gary (776 messages posted) how do you do that? On Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 5:20 pm, Adam Bradley wrote: >See if the motherboard's BIOS can detect the hard drive, a new hard drive will only >help if it is the source of the problem. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: computer freezes help? Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 5:43 pm Posted by Adam Bradley (8787 messages posted) You should see a prompt at the start of a key to press to enter setup (F2 and delete are common but it can be anything) and look around for where it lists the installed drives, where that is varies from one BIOS to the next, see if it detects your hard drive there. If it cannot see the drive then the drive is likely toast. There is an off chance it is the data cable that connects the drive to the motherboard, harm in swapping that out as a test. On Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 5:21 pm, gary wrote: >how do you do that? > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: computer freezes help? Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 8:15 pm Posted by barry (11 messages posted) Could this be a memory issue On Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 5:43 pm, Adam Bradley wrote: >You should see a prompt at the start of a key to press to enter setup (F2 and delete >are common but it can be anything) and look around for where it lists the installed >drives, where that is varies from one BIOS to the next, see if it detects your hard >drive there. If it cannot see the drive then the drive is likely toast. > >There is an off chance it is the data cable that connects the drive to the motherboard, >harm in swapping that out as a test. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum