Computer freezes on boot up ?

[Wedg1e]

My PC has a drive caddy so I run two identical 320Gb HDDs, one at a time. As soon as one falls over I switch to the other, run the second drive as a slave and fettle it that way.
Extended periods of Emule-ing invariably allow some scumbag in the back door so it's a price I have to pay, I guess.
One of the most useful bits of PC kit I ever bought is an IDE to USB adapter so you can plug spare HDDs into a USB slot; Windows sees it as an external storage drive. It even works with CD/DVD writers.
If I'm away from home I unplug the writer and HDDs and lob them in the safe just in case there's a thief about...

 

[peterd51]

Hi,

it's not an Acer is it?

I have one that I bought cheap as it was hanging on boot-up. Apparently it's a known fault on this model.

In my case it proved to be a faulty wireless card (something that I'd never use!) and it's been OK since I removed that.

Regards
Peter