Computer Unable to Start

bxtan

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I have a HP Pavilion a6152n that's around 5 years old, with Windows Vista 32bits.Yesterday, after using my computer for around 5 hours, it automatically restarted. However, it failed to start up, after the loading screen for windows it just froze, with a black screen. I cut power and try to start it up again, and I got the Startup Repair. After searching for solution it suggested me to restore system, and I did. My computer was able to start up and it was fine for the rest of the day.

Today I turned on my computer again, thinking it would be good, but I got that black screen freeze again. I went through the system restore again (same thing as yesterday) and now it's fine, but I seriously don't want to take 20mins every time just to start up my computer, anyone got some solutions? Thanks.
 

My Computer

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Emachine ET 1161-05
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640
    Motherboard
    eMachines MCP61PM-GM (Socket AM2 )
    Memory
    2.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 387MHz (6-6-6-18)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Acer E181H (1280x768@60Hz) 128MB GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 (
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Name Acer E181H on NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
    Screen Resolution
    1280x768 pixels
    Hard Drives
    ST316081 5AS SCSI Disk Device
    PSU
    MCP61PM-GM 9000 NVIDIA Chipset Model MCP61 Chipset Revisio
    Case
    Tower
    Cooling
    Fan Speed 1247 RPM
    Keyboard
    Standard PS/2 Keyboard
    Mouse
    PS/2 Compatible Mouse
    Internet Speed
    http://www.speedtest.net/result/1538974261.png
+1 with Yard Dog's suggestion. Some hard drives can last a decade without issues, but others can develop problems as early as 3 years depending upon the make/model, operating environment, and degree of use. Sometimes those problems are irreparable, but other times they are recoverable.

A PC/Network guru friend of mine in the past used to swear by a 4 year rule on Windows computers. Once passing the 4 year mark, he would wipe the hard drive completely clean with a utility, run a full format, run the disc through a bit level checker to validate integrity (usually provided by the OEM), then restore a full drive snapshot back onto it. Usually he wouldn't have to do this more than once, because by the time the computer got to be 7-8 years old, it was high time to upgrade to newer hardware (newer hard drives that are significantly larger), and the next operating system.

You may very well have a hard drive that is starting to suffer from some magnetic degradation that can be remedied by a full formatting. If you have any bad sectors that have cropped up, they'll be marked bad and avoided. HOWEVER... new hard disks are relatively cheap these days. If you're planning on keeping your system for at least another couple of years, you might want to get a new hard drive. Later on, if you get a new computer, you can always utilize this hard drive as an auxiliary mounted storage device.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion dv5t
    CPU
    Intel Core Duo 2.53GHz
    Memory
    4Gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia GeForce 9600M GT 512Mb
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800 32bit
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Momentus XT 500Gb
    Hitachi Travelstar HTS543225L9A300 250Gb
    Mouse
    Microsoft 4000
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