Intermittent Freezing

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markdevine

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Evening everyone!

I'm currently having issues with my old (approx 5 years old) laptop, which is runing on Windows XP. Up until about 2 days ago, despite its age, it was still working fine, everything would load ok, internet still worked although not the quickest as its via a dongle, until it started having these freezing fits??

Sometimes it will work for about an hour after startup, sometimes 5 minutes, but eventually the computer slows right down, so that all i seem to be able to do is move the mouse key. I can click on icons, but only in around 30 second to 1 minute intervals, and then it takes over a minute for the action to occur. Once this has then happened the laptop slows so much I can't turn it off through shutdown, and have had to resort to holding the power button down, as simply closing the screen doesn't put it into a standby that will restart??

I have spybot and norton which have not mentioned detecting any virus, and although I know norton slows a comp significantly, it has been fine for years??

Any ideas are greatly appreciated!!

Mark
 
How would I know if that is the case? And if so, what is there that I can do about it, appart from buying a new laptop?

Mark
 
You would have to download and run the hard drive makers disk diagnostic utility and run it. What brand of hard drive is in it?
 
Well its a Fujitsu Seimens laptop, although I don't know enough to know what hard drive it is? I looked at the possibility of it over heating, and made sure the fan was unblocked and didnt press anything once I had turned it on, and still after 10 minutes, although the laptop was cool, it froze.
 
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