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Old 11-30-2008, 02:03 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Cry Laptop Keeps Freezing/Being Really Slow

I just bought this laptop for college a few months ago and have had no problems with it until a few days ago. Out of nowhere, it started to freeze. Every 30 seconds [give or take - it's random] my computer will either freeze, or load really slow, not respond, etc. It's to the point where I can't even use my laptop because it's so bad. I've ran my anti-virus several times and it says everything is clear. But one thing I did notice is that every time it does this, the icon on the front of the laptop that looks like a hockey puck [I think I read somewhere it's the hard disk icon?] slowly blinks and makes a sort of ticking noise. And I'm pretty sure it's never done that before. So...not sure if that helps with finding a solution to this, but I thought it might be important.

Anybody happen to know what's wrong? I really don't want to have to take my laptop in and get it fixed. I don't have any money and it's so inconvenient. :(

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Old 11-30-2008, 04:57 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Laptop Keeps Freezing/Being Really Slow

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