How would I know if my PC crashed?

Many times I have stared at my computer thinking "How do I fix my pc because it keeps crashing?"

Unfortunately there is no simple answer! I used to think this problem was related to buying cheap computers but after buying various laptops and desktops at different price ranges there is one common theme, eventually they will all crash at some stage!

Friends will often think I am a pc expert and will call me asking "How do I fix my pc when it keeps crashing?" Well start by asking yourself these questions...

Have your children be on the pc? Kids are great at downloading spyware by mistake! They will also click on numerous pop up pages and will often change your settings!

Another possible reason your pc keeps crashing is that you have overloaded it! If your pc only has 64mb RAM memory and you install graphic, gaming and other software the chances are that your system will not be able to cope with your software! Most PC's now come with at least 512mb RAM so it is worth upgrading if your pc is not at this level.

However the most common reason that your pc keeps crashing is that it has a virus! Many trojan virus can cause your computer to reboot immediately once all programs have been launched, this can drive you mad and it is not fun as you are helpless!

Best option is to install anti virus software and make sure you only visit trusted websites. If all else fails it is time to reformat your hard drive and wipe your pc clean, this can take hours and you will probably need the data recovery disc that you should have got when you bought the pc.

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Same with my laptop running windows vista. The computer guy clams it cannot be recovered, but the warranty still covers it. The hard drives loads and when it gets to the logo the HDD lights studden goes off and shows a blank (Black colour) screen with nothing on it.

A crash is while a prog or perhaps the gadget shuts down or closes for no obvious reason, in many circumstances it relatively is going to start up lower back immediately away or will in case you click on it related to a prog, in many circumstances no progression might have been saved in case you have been engaged on a prog and in case you bypass into gadget logs it's going to be registered as gadget or prog failure or shutdown and could the two supply an errors code or reason of the crash.

You have to reformat your Hard Disk Drive, and then Wipe it.

This then completely bins everything in your HDD (Hard Disk Drive), then you can start afresh by Reinstalling Windows XP/Vista, and reinstalling all of your programs.

Then it'll feel brand new :)

See if it will boot in safe mode and run spybot

good question