Comp Hangs ! ! !

[ax3]

sometimes when my comp hangs either i press clt+alt+del or restart my pc with reset

button, is there anyother way out ??? as restarting from reset button may harm or damage my hdd ...


any solution ???

[champ_rock]

only other solution would be to wait for about 5 minutes in the hope that maybe ur comp will come back to life...

about 25% of the times xp resumes automatically by giving an Error report....

[Nimda]

Don't worry too much about the HDD. They are not as 'delicate' as you think. Enable S.M.A.R.T from the BIOS, it'll warn you when your HDD is about to break down (if at all that happens).

A well maintained and configured system seldom hangs (well, if you are doing things like debugging all day, then it'd be a different story). Check the processor temperatures and see if it's too high. Get atleast 512Mb of good quality RAM to lessen the burden on your HDD.

Stress test the PC using tools like Prime95, memtest86, 3dMark etc.

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What is your PC's Configuration?

[sakumar79]

I think there is a setting by which you can set that pressing the power button should start the shutdown process... This is in the Power Options->Advanced->When I press the power button on my computer... Set it to Shut down...

Not sure if it works when computer hangs, but it is worth a shot I think...

Arun

[Nimda]

Here's a small bit of info:

If a frozen application prevents you from shutting down in the normal ways, you can use the following procedure. To perform an emergency shutdown, press Ctrl+Alt+Del to display Task Manager. Open the Shut Down menu and hold down the Ctrl key as you click the Turn Off command.

Source: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=279134