Any computer user knows how frustrating it is when a PC stops running in the middle of a complex application. The mouse is not moving and the page is not loading! Is this happening to your PC regularly? Computer freezes happen on startup usually, or the computer freezes when multi-tasking, or there is something probably wrong. Let’s know more on the reason and solution for computer freezes here.
WHY IS MY COMPUTER FREEZING?
There are lot of things that may cause your computer freezes. But the following is the main 5 ones:
a. If the Windows Registry is corrupted.
The Windows registry may be corrupted by a virus, Trojan horse or malware, or a sudden computer hangup or crashes. Once
this happens, software would send a message to the registry that became garbled and was recorded improperly. What you need to do is to clean the corrupted Windows registry by some registry cleaner software.
The Windows registry may be corrupted by a virus, Trojan horse or malware, or a sudden computer hangup or crashes. Once
this happens, software would send a message to the registry that became garbled and was recorded improperly. What you need to do is to clean the corrupted Windows registry by some registry cleaner software.
b. If the drivers are corrupted or outdated.
If drivers on a computer are outdated or corrupted, it could also cause computer errors, crashes or freezes. To keep your drivers updated regularly is a good habit for every computer user.
c. If the computer is infected by a virus or malware.
Every one knows how harmful a virus or malware is to a computer. To prevent your computer from freezing, do not forget to install great antivirus software and scan virus on time.
d. If the hard drive or file system errors happen.
If your hard drive becomes damaged, it also can cause computer freezes. It would let you lose all data permanently or make your software crash. Do disk check timely can avoid such problems.
e. If the computer is in a bad location.
The best place for computer should be cool and dry. Do something to keep your computer from overheating, such as make sure all the fans are open and spinning, have the dust blown out every few months, do not put the computer in direct sunlight or leave it in a hot car.
WHAT SHOULD I DO IF MY COMPUTER FREEZES?
Once your computer freezes, do the following to restart your computer:
Step 1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del at the same time till a box popup, where you will see all the currently running programs on your computer.
Step 2. Close all the programs that are marked as “not responding” in the status column one by one by clicking “End Task”. It may also let you lose all unsaved documents.
Step 3. Finally, reboot the computer. Unluckily, all the data lost during the computer freezes is not recoverable.
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