so my computer started acting funny.. which was disturbing to me because i bought it brand new back in late july.
it's a Gateway Dx4840 series:
Intel® Core™ i5
Windows® 7
6GB DDR3 memory
1TB hard drive1
what i first noticed is that when i would save a picture from the internet to the hard drive, instead of it being instantaneous, it took a second, then i would here the hard drive spinning.. and then it would save. this was obviously not normal. so i restarted my computer thinking maybe it just needed a break (i had only been on it for maybe 2 hours at that point)
after it rebooted, i went to my documents, and tried clicking on stuff to get the hard drive working... and sure enough, it was still lagging and making noise. from there i went to troubleshoot online.. normally i use google chrome, but when i click on my chrome icon, a popup window came up and told me it wasnt responding...?
that's when i did a drive error check (from properties->tools), which tool several hours to complete.. it was only at 45% completion when it was 12am. so i went to sleep, checked it this morning, and i still have the same problem.
so now i am at work, coming here for help before i take it back to the computer store for warranty.
is there anything i can do/try to fix this myself??? any help or tips are greatly appreciated!!
it's a Gateway Dx4840 series:
Intel® Core™ i5
Windows® 7
6GB DDR3 memory
1TB hard drive1
what i first noticed is that when i would save a picture from the internet to the hard drive, instead of it being instantaneous, it took a second, then i would here the hard drive spinning.. and then it would save. this was obviously not normal. so i restarted my computer thinking maybe it just needed a break (i had only been on it for maybe 2 hours at that point)
after it rebooted, i went to my documents, and tried clicking on stuff to get the hard drive working... and sure enough, it was still lagging and making noise. from there i went to troubleshoot online.. normally i use google chrome, but when i click on my chrome icon, a popup window came up and told me it wasnt responding...?
that's when i did a drive error check (from properties->tools), which tool several hours to complete.. it was only at 45% completion when it was 12am. so i went to sleep, checked it this morning, and i still have the same problem.
so now i am at work, coming here for help before i take it back to the computer store for warranty.
is there anything i can do/try to fix this myself??? any help or tips are greatly appreciated!!
