mestizo122
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I haven't had much time to actually look at it but the computer has been giving my parents a lot of problems. Right now the computer is dual booting into Windows ME and XP (I know that ME is not ideal, but it is needed for an old DOS database program that will not work in XP).
Anyway for the most part the computer stays in XP except for the few times a month that the database needs to be looked at. For the past week to 2 weeks, the computer has been rather slow. They have been getting errors in IE and AOL sometimes corrupting files, sometimes run time errors. The computer will start to lag, and be slow. The few times I have worked on it I haven't heard anything unusual with the HDD. I have not heard any weird clicking nor any other kind of noises.
The occassional reboot (which used to be <1 min) started to take longer and longer in Windows XP (but was fine when booting into ME). It now gets stuck in a continous reboot cycle. It reboots at random times prior to the "OS selection" screen. Sometimes it is right after I turn it on, sometimes it is after verifing the DMI Pool, and sometimes I get to the OS selection screen, and it will go a few seconds before restarting.
I am not sure if it is the PSU, because if it was wouldn't it randomly restart even in Windows? If it was the HDD, I would be hearing noises, which I haven't yet. Is there anything else that it could be?
Thanks for your help.
Anyway for the most part the computer stays in XP except for the few times a month that the database needs to be looked at. For the past week to 2 weeks, the computer has been rather slow. They have been getting errors in IE and AOL sometimes corrupting files, sometimes run time errors. The computer will start to lag, and be slow. The few times I have worked on it I haven't heard anything unusual with the HDD. I have not heard any weird clicking nor any other kind of noises.
The occassional reboot (which used to be <1 min) started to take longer and longer in Windows XP (but was fine when booting into ME). It now gets stuck in a continous reboot cycle. It reboots at random times prior to the "OS selection" screen. Sometimes it is right after I turn it on, sometimes it is after verifing the DMI Pool, and sometimes I get to the OS selection screen, and it will go a few seconds before restarting.
I am not sure if it is the PSU, because if it was wouldn't it randomly restart even in Windows? If it was the HDD, I would be hearing noises, which I haven't yet. Is there anything else that it could be?
Thanks for your help.