Having some computer trouble can anybody help?

Question

Recently I've been having loads of trouble with my computer its like its got a mind of its own.
It restarts itself whilst I'm in the middle of stuff,
the monitor crashes and now when I turn my computer on its scans for things. Today it said
"deleting corrupt attribute record" and "deleting orphan file record". Then it gives a percentage of files scanned I think. What does all of this mean.

Answer 1

There are too many problems on the computer for a simple fix.

A system restore back to a day when it was working fine may be OK but it might not work. You can try. Go to Start, All programs, Accesseries, System tools, System restore and apply one from when it was OK..

If it continues to be a problem, then backup your good files and format and partition the drive and install the operating system over again.

Answer 2

When you turn it on and it starts scanning for things and deleting corrupt files, that's probably because it crashed while in the middle of something in the first place.
In my experience, if computers crash while your using them for no apparent reason, then you need to note what you're doing each time it crashes - if it's always while in the same program, then try re-installing it. Otherwise it could be due to faulty hardware, the usual culprit is the power supply unit. If you're able, try replacing this with one of equal or greater capacity (costs about £15 upwards). Otherwise a computer store could probably do it for you, shouldn't take more than half an hour. My bet is that would fix it.

Answer 3

It sounds like your using Windows 98 since you didn't mention the operating system.

The hard disk drive in a computer is setup so that when data is written to the hard drive, it is done so in a fashion that the operating system can understand. Now hard drives are nothing more than magnetic storage meaning that your data is stored as very tiny magnetic fields. These fields can go screwy and result in data loss. What you are seeing is how the operating is responding to a problem with how the structure of the data is stored on the hard drive. For example a messed up address book or map key or with the data itself.

Without knowing what operating system you have I can't point you in the right direction just yet.

Answer 4

at a very loose guess I'd say you have a virus of some sort. The symptons sound like they could be some kind of trojan horse which is installing all and sundry onto your computer. If you're running XP then try rolling back to before the problems started. Otherwise get a good and up-to-date virus scanner like mcaffee, avoid norton, it sucks! If all else fails scrap your hard disk and get a new one, shouldn't cost much more than £50 for a reasonable size.

Answer 5

the easiest way to fix a computer before it totally crashes is to use system restore. go into all programs at the start menu, into accessories then system tools. click on system restore and it will take you to a page where you can choose a date you knew your computer was okay and restore its settings. run a scan to make sure and if its still got viruses choose an earlier date

Answer 6

There is only one quick fix to sort it out and if that does not work, take it back for repairs. 1.Switch it on. 2.once ready, start your stuff and 3. As soon as it starts anything you don't sanction pull out the plug from the mains without switching the idiot box off first. 4 unplug monitor as well. 5 After a min or two, plug it all back in without switching them off first. And allow it to sort itself out.

Answer 7

have you installed new software recently or can you back track to a time when the problems began, if so I'd suggest you do a system restore : control panel, performance and maintenance and back date a month or so before the problem began.

hope this helps

good luck

Answer 8

you should call comcast. comcast can come to your house and look at it.

thats what i know!!

Answer 9

someone can controle your pc! maybe hack !