Framar
WOW Framer
I have lately noticed that my computer seems to be blinking its little yellow light more and more and things run more slowly than usual. I did a defrag, even though it always sez I don't need to. I have about 4 gigabytes of space to spare on the hard drive.
I turn my computer off when I leave home or when there is a thunderstorm brewing. I noticed last week that the on button was getting sticky - have to be sure to really PRESS it to get things going.
Tonight I nearly had a coronary because after a whole long yellow-blinking-light-furiously time the desktop with the task bar appeared and NOTHING ELSE!!! No icons!!!
The light continued to blink furiously but nothing else was happening so (after about 10 minutes) I reached for the sticky button to turn it off manually and try again.
Nothing happened.
So I noticed a smaller button and pressed it.
Instantly the screen went dark, it began the usual routine (rebooting?) and then a message came on in purple letters on a black screen that said Windows thought there was a problem with disc configuration (?)and it analyzed things and then very slowly, eventually, my desktop returned to normal and the icons appeared.
I have an AMD Duron whatever, running XP - do I have a big problem in my future? I won't turn off the computer again - just in case - but if the power goes out, as it does frequently - YIKES!
What, dear techies, should I do? Is there any diagnostic I can run myself???
Bless your hearts!
I turn my computer off when I leave home or when there is a thunderstorm brewing. I noticed last week that the on button was getting sticky - have to be sure to really PRESS it to get things going.
Tonight I nearly had a coronary because after a whole long yellow-blinking-light-furiously time the desktop with the task bar appeared and NOTHING ELSE!!! No icons!!!
The light continued to blink furiously but nothing else was happening so (after about 10 minutes) I reached for the sticky button to turn it off manually and try again.
Nothing happened.
So I noticed a smaller button and pressed it.
Instantly the screen went dark, it began the usual routine (rebooting?) and then a message came on in purple letters on a black screen that said Windows thought there was a problem with disc configuration (?)and it analyzed things and then very slowly, eventually, my desktop returned to normal and the icons appeared.
I have an AMD Duron whatever, running XP - do I have a big problem in my future? I won't turn off the computer again - just in case - but if the power goes out, as it does frequently - YIKES!
What, dear techies, should I do? Is there any diagnostic I can run myself???
Bless your hearts!