Issues with my Dell XPS M1530 freezing

optic_85 · 03-28-2009, 02:54 PM

Lately my laptop has been freezing. Usually it happens just a few minutes after booting up. I ran my virus software, McAfee Security but it did not detect any problems. When it freezes usually ctrl+alt+del doesn't do anything. Most of the time I have to hold the power button down until it shuts off. When it boots back up windows runs chkdsk(check disc), which (to the best of my knowledge) doesn't seem to find any problems. Also, something else odd, when the freezing started I had about 4 GB left on my hard drive, which was weird because by my count I should have had more room. After a couple freezes it now says that I have 43 GB left on my hard drive. Can anyone help?

**simpswr** · 03-28-2009, 04:06 PM

and welcome to the Forum

You can run diagnostics on the hard drive ( click here )

03-28-2009, 02:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
optic_85 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1 OS: vista	Issues with my Dell XPS M1530 freezing Lately my laptop has been freezing. Usually it happens just a few minutes after booting up. I ran my virus software, McAfee Security but it did not detect any problems. When it freezes usually ctrl+alt+del doesn't do anything. Most of the time I have to hold the power button down until it shuts off. When it boots back up windows runs chkdsk(check disc), which (to the best of my knowledge) doesn't seem to find any problems. Also, something else odd, when the freezing started I had about 4 GB left on my hard drive, which was weird because by my count I should have had more room. After a couple freezes it now says that I have 43 GB left on my hard drive. Can anyone help?

03-28-2009, 04:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 12,325 OS: XP, Vista, Win 7	Re: Issues with my Dell XPS M1530 freezing and welcome to the Forum You can run diagnostics on the hard drive ( click here ) __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help How to post a Screen Shot \| PC running slow?