My laptop of two years has recently developed a strange problem.
As of yesterday, it frequently freezes up for a few seconds, though the cursor can still be moved around. I ran a virus scan which came up empty, and I haven't used my laptop for anything lately other than very standard things (web browsing (sites I regularly visit), word processing, watching videos, etc).
Technically I can still use it, but you can imagine how irritating it would be to have it freeze up for a few seconds every minute or two.
It's an HP Pavilion dv6000
Windows Vista
AMD Turion64 x2
nvidia7200GO video card
2GB Memory
It happens no matter what I'm running. Any thoughts?
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Open up a command prompt:
You could run it with /f or /r after it, but in the event there's an issue and it tries to fix it, you could lose the data on the block that it fixes, so just scan it first. Alternatively, event viewer will have a log of system errors. Give that a glance, as it could be something else.
It sounds like there's a bad block on the disk where Windows is trying to keep its page file.
I did that, and it seems to be running smoothly now.
Thank-you.
A bad block is a sign of a disk rounding the toilet. Could be another year before it eats it, but take this as a warning and take the necessary steps to ensure you've got all your stuff somewhere just in case.