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Default Computer running slow and locking up

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Short of replacing everything how do i know the problem?


You seem already to have concluded the hard drive has overheated.


CJT wrote:

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Yes but there was no fan and the hard drive gets really hot. Also
adaware or spyware would not cause a computer to not be able to format
a harddrive.


If you already know the problem, why are you asking?


Bob Shuman wrote:


Adding RAM memory does not usually require any additional fans/cooling. It
is difficult to diagnose this remotely from your description, but if you
have eliminated viruses, then I'd strongly suspect adware/spyware. Try
downloading the latest Adaware or Spybot Search and Destroy and run a full
diagnostic. Also try deleting any unneeded files using the disk utility and
then run scandisk and defrag afterward. Good luck.

Bob



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