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    Sony Vaio Windows freezes, some hardware problem

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by norbas, Nov 30, 2011.

  1. norbas

    norbas Newbie

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    Hi there,

    I've got the problem with my Sony Vaio VPCEB2M0E.
    I got this laptop from someone and it has been used before for more than a year so no warranty.

    First of all, before I got this, the laptop started to freeze each single time it was switched on, and it kept freezing at the moment when the windows is loading and you have got the windows logo on before welcome page.

    After this, there was a error popping out. It said something about hard drive, it was 0x.... it had loads of zeros. That's all I remember. I reinstalled the windows and it worked perfect until it started to freeze with no reason.

    Reinstalled the windows again but the problem persists. When it starts up, there is no applications to open so it should be smooth straight away (or at least couple of minutes) and it is not. I go to "start" circle and it does not open it straight or I go to anywhere and it takes time to do stuff.

    Something when I am trying to open a few things at once, then it freezes, and suddenly opens them all at once.

    Is it RAM, HD, CPU or what??

    Normally I have got a crap laptop and I need this so I would like to repair it, but I need some help please.
     
    norbas, Nov 30, 2011
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  2. killer626

    killer626 Notebook Geek

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    There's little to go on here but i'll tip my hat in:

    Errors seem to be pointing to the Hard Drive. You should use a LiveUSB of some form of Linux to do a low level format and diskcheck of the Drive (I assume it's SMART-capable and whatnot). If it comes up clean, redo a low-level format, then install the OS.

    To tell you the truth, the symptoms point to a worn out hard drive, which can be replaced on the cheap (though not currently given the situation with hard drive prices), but NEEDS to be replaced. Do a diskcheck, see what comes up.

    If linux really scares you I believe there is some form of a diskcheck in the Windows Recovery Console (DISKPART maybe, can't remember) included with all Windows system disks. Just boot on your OS disk to access it and run a diskcheck.
     
    killer626, Nov 30, 2011
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