What Should I Do If My Computer Freezes?

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.

b. If the drivers are corrupted or outdated.

If drivers on a computer are outdated or corrupted, it could also cause computer errors, crashes or freezes.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.

Can We Use the DVD Player as a CD Player?

Are you tired of switching between different devices when you want to play a CD instead of a DVD? Can we just use the same DVD player to play a CD? The answer is yes, and to be frank, the process is not difficult. Just follow the steps below.

Play a CD on a DVD Player

Step 1. Turn on the DVD player. Take out the DVD if there is one in the drive.

Step 2. Make sure the disc is in good condition, not being scratched or dirty. If there is dust or dirt, use a clean soft cloth to wipe it carefully before inserting it into the drive.

Step 3. Press “Play” button on the DVD player itself or on the remote control. It will begin to read the sic.

Step 4. Select a track by pressing the “Scene Selection” buttons. It maybe takes while for you to find all the right buttons to work the CD playing function.

Step 5. Enjoy the music from the CD. The DVD player just works as a CD player and show the tracks of CD through the TV speakers.

See? It is quite easy to play CD on DVD player. Just take a try. No more machine switching again.

How to Protect and Enhance DVD Discs?

Many people will think the protection of DVD is quite common. However, we probably overlook the fact. DVD is fragile. It can be scratched, damaged and even become unreadable. Chances are that we play a brand new DVD smoothly for the first time, and the next time when we play it, it fails to work normally. How upset to find a favorite DVD fails to work! Nobody is willing to see that. Fortunately, we can avoid the frustrating situation from the very beginning. And the following are some tips on how to protect DVD that you have to pay attention to.

PROTECT DVD DISCS

• Tip 1. Handle the disc by the outer edge and center hole. Keep the disc away from dirt, fingerprint, liquid, smudges, etc. Use a clean fabric to clean it if it is dirty. Notice that wipe it in a straight line from the center to outer edge.
• Tip 2. Store disc upright, like books on the library shelf, of course, with its original outer cases. Don’t place it horizontally for a long time.
• Tip 3. Leave disc in its cases to avoid effects caused by environment changes. Store it in cool, dry, and dark place with temperature at 4-20℃ and humidity at 20-50%.  Don’t expose discs to sunlight or rain.
• Tip 4. Don’t write or mark the data area where laser reads. If you want to mark a disc, use a permanent marker to mark the label side.

ENHANCE DVD DISCS

Protecting discs is very essential, while maximizing their value is of greater importance. So, you can make a further step to enhance them. Creating DVD backups is a good way to enhance their values. It is easy to backup homemade DVD but commercial DVDs are copy protected. However, we need to some copies for personal use. Thus, we have to ask help from professional DVD copy software.

Some programs only support to copy DVD to DVD. But if there is one which can rip DVD to some popular devices, say iPhone, iPad, 3GP phones, that would be awesome. We can play these movies whenever we want.

Considering these factors, I made a search on Google, and CloneDVD came to my attention. It can complete all the tasks in one package. What attracts me most is that it supports various video and even audio formats. Moreover, it offers lots of pretty good video editing functions. For instance, if you want to get a short clip from a DVD movie, just try its clipping function. (Note: Don’t use this technology for piracy.)

• Tip 5: CloneDVD offers free trial version, click here to free download to backup DVDs.

After you read this article, you sure have some certain amount of cognitions on how to protect DVD. Or, do you have better ways to enhance your DVD discs?