Over the past week or so, my laptop has been acting up to the point where I can hardly do anything on it. Over the past two days, my laptop has constantly been unresponsive and slow and just this morning/afternoon, I was forced to do a system restore because my laptop said it could not find a working version of Windows. I haven't had this computer for over a year, and before this week, it has been working fine. I can almost gaurantee I haven't downloaded any malicious software, or anything that would make my computer act this way. Does anyone know what could be causing this, or a way to fix this?
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Over the past week or so, my laptop has been acting up to the point where I can hardly do anything on it. Over the past two days, my laptop has constantly been unresponsive and slow and just this morning/afternoon, I was forced to do a system restore because my laptop said it could not find a working version of Windows. I haven't had this computer for over a year, and before this week, it has been working fine. I can almost gaurantee I haven't downloaded any malicious software, or anything that would make my computer act this way. Does anyone know what could be causing this, or a way to fix this?
First if you don't have an anti-virus then it's probably something you downloaded.
What laptop is it?
Maybe you have a damaged harddrive? If it keeps acting up just send it in to get it fixed/replaced
First if you don't have an anti-virus then it's probably something you downloaded.
What laptop is it?
Maybe you have a damaged harddrive? If it keeps acting up just send it in to get it fixed/replaced
What laptop is it?
Maybe you have a damaged harddrive? If it keeps acting up just send it in to get it fixed/replaced
Some great anti-virus software: Malwarebytes, Malwarebytes Chameleon(Comes with MBytes) and, assuming you have windows, Microsoft Security Essentials... I think its essentials but just google Microsoft Security and it will come up.
Some great anti-virus software: Malwarebytes, Malwarebytes Chameleon(Comes with MBytes) and, assuming you have windows, Microsoft Security Essentials... I think its essentials but just google Microsoft Security and it will come up.
OblivionageFirst if you don't have an anti-virus then it's probably something you downloaded.
What laptop is it?
Maybe you have a damaged harddrive? If it keeps acting up just send it in to get it fixed/replaced
I have an antivirus, and I literally have not downloaded anything except a HUD and QLprism in the past month.
It is a HP Pavilion G6.
Mr_PerfectSome great anti-virus software: Malwarebytes, Malwarebytes Chameleon(Comes with MBytes) and, assuming you have windows, Microsoft Security Essentials... I think its essentials but just google Microsoft Security and it will come up.
I have MSE. It said my computer was fine but it still acted very unresponsive at random times. I also do have windows.
2c1. virii
2. hd dyin
Probably. I might have to take it into a shop, but I don't know what I could have done in the past week to make it so bad
[quote=Oblivionage]First if you don't have an anti-virus then it's probably something you downloaded.
What laptop is it?
Maybe you have a damaged harddrive? If it keeps acting up just send it in to get it fixed/replaced[/quote]
I have an antivirus, and I literally have not downloaded anything except a HUD and QLprism in the past month.
It is a HP Pavilion G6.
[quote=Mr_Perfect]Some great anti-virus software: Malwarebytes, Malwarebytes Chameleon(Comes with MBytes) and, assuming you have windows, Microsoft Security Essentials... I think its essentials but just google Microsoft Security and it will come up.[/quote]
I have MSE. It said my computer was fine but it still acted very unresponsive at random times. I also do have windows.
[quote=2c]1. virii
2. hd dyin[/quote]
Probably. I might have to take it into a shop, but I don't know what I could have done in the past week to make it so bad
What laptop is it?
Maybe you have a damaged harddrive? If it keeps acting up just send it in to get it fixed/replaced[/quote]
I have an antivirus, and I literally have not downloaded anything except a HUD and QLprism in the past month.
It is a HP Pavilion G6.
[quote=Mr_Perfect]Some great anti-virus software: Malwarebytes, Malwarebytes Chameleon(Comes with MBytes) and, assuming you have windows, Microsoft Security Essentials... I think its essentials but just google Microsoft Security and it will come up.[/quote]
I have MSE. It said my computer was fine but it still acted very unresponsive at random times. I also do have windows.
[quote=2c]1. virii
2. hd dyin[/quote]
Probably. I might have to take it into a shop, but I don't know what I could have done in the past week to make it so bad
Could be a failing HDD (they can often die after a year or two of use). Download and run HDTune, and check your SMART health status. There will be yellow or red bars highlighting some attributes if there is an issue. http://www.hdtune.com/files/hdtunepro_550_trial.exe
Could be a failing HDD (they can often die after a year or two of use). Download and run HDTune, and check your SMART health status. There will be yellow or red bars highlighting some attributes if there is an issue. http://www.hdtune.com/files/hdtunepro_550_trial.exe
Jstn7477Could be a failing HDD (they can often die after a year or two of use). Download and run HDTune, and check your SMART health status. There will be yellow or red bars highlighting some attributes if there is an issue. http://www.hdtune.com/files/hdtunepro_550_trial.exe
Thank you, I will try this now :D
[quote=Jstn7477]Could be a failing HDD (they can often die after a year or two of use). Download and run HDTune, and check your SMART health status. There will be yellow or red bars highlighting some attributes if there is an issue. http://www.hdtune.com/files/hdtunepro_550_trial.exe[/quote]
Thank you, I will try this now :D
Thank you, I will try this now :D
Looks like this problem is genetic lol.
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Lockups-Freezes-Hangs/HP-Pavilion-G6-Laptop-problems/td-p/1160875
Looks like this problem is genetic lol.
Looks like this problem is genetic lol.
from that link #8 shows it seems like most are suggesting to try clicking on HIGH performance under power option. The icon should look something like a battery with a plug on the left side I think on the bottom right-hand side of your windows taskbar. If that does not work, it might be the hard drive or might be that the temps for the gpu or cpu are high. To check your temperatures, HWmonitor is a pretty good free app for this.
from that link #8 shows it seems like most are suggesting to try clicking on HIGH performance under power option. The icon should look something like a battery with a plug on the left side I think on the bottom right-hand side of your windows taskbar. If that does not work, it might be the hard drive or might be that the temps for the gpu or cpu are high. To check your temperatures, HWmonitor is a pretty good free app for this.
I found the problem to my laptop, haha. It turns out something set off the Windows Update and I was a behind on a BIOS update, and some other important update. My laptop has been working nicely ever since I've updated. Thank you for the help.
I found the problem to my laptop, haha. It turns out something set off the Windows Update and I was a behind on a BIOS update, and some other important update. My laptop has been working nicely ever since I've updated. Thank you for the help.
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