It seems like every year I have trouble with this computer. I fix it and then it's good for another year.
This year it's a booting problem. For some reason when I turn on the computer, the hard drive spins for about 3 minutes and the computer hangs at the initial startup screen (in my instance, a Gatway startup screen). After about 3 minutes, the hard drive winds down and the computer continues booting up.
I have no idea what's wrong, but my dad says I could have a virus or a bad hard drive. The local computer store has never heard of the problem, atleast the way I desribed it, so I'll probably have to take it down there and have them look. It costs nothing to diagnose the problem but lord knows how much it's going to cost for me to get it fixed.
This year it's a booting problem. For some reason when I turn on the computer, the hard drive spins for about 3 minutes and the computer hangs at the initial startup screen (in my instance, a Gatway startup screen). After about 3 minutes, the hard drive winds down and the computer continues booting up.
I have no idea what's wrong, but my dad says I could have a virus or a bad hard drive. The local computer store has never heard of the problem, atleast the way I desribed it, so I'll probably have to take it down there and have them look. It costs nothing to diagnose the problem but lord knows how much it's going to cost for me to get it fixed.