The first time, choose to start Windows normally. Then back up your data and keep using the computer to see if it freezes again. If this is the second time your computer has frozen, choose to boot in "Safe Mode with Networking. If it does, then you could be looking at either a software or a hardware problem.
If it doesn't freeze again while in Safe Mode, it's likely a software problem. Keep reading for tips to investigate both. If the computer freezes again immediately after it booting, whether in normal mode or Safe Mode, then you could have a serious software or hardware problem. However, it's most likely a hardware problem. An occasional or consistent computer freeze could be the result of a program acting up. In Windows 8. Click here for more Task Manager tricks that you should know.
Start using your computer as normal, but keep an eye on the CPU, memory and disk categories. If the computer freezes, and one of these is really high, then that could be your answer. Make a note of which area was really high then restart the computer and open Task Manager again.
This time, however, choose the "Processes" tab. If you were editing a document at the time of the lockup, it might be recoverable after rebooting.
If your program does not have an autosave feature, you may lose all unsaved work due to a freeze or deadlock. It is important to save your work often to minimize or prevent this possibility. If only your mouse is frozen or not working, see: Mouse not detected or working in Windows. Give the computer a few minutes to process. Sometimes a computer may appear to be frozen, but it's only slow or busy processing a complex task. See if the computer responds by pressing the Caps Lock key on the keyboard and watching the Caps Lock LED light to see if it turns on and off.
If nothing happens, the computer is deadlocked , and you must reboot the computer. If the computer can turn on and off Caps Lock, continue to the next step. If the Caps Lock can turn on and off, Windows is still working, but another program may not be responding and causing the computer to freeze. If the Task Manager can open, highlight the program that is not responding and choose End Task , which should unfreeze the computer. It could still take ten to twenty seconds for the unresponsive program to be terminated after you choose End Task.
If the Task Manager opens, but the mouse is still not working, it may be a problem with mouse's hardware. It is advisable to always run an legal copy of Microsoft Windows to be able to download updates. If you are using Windows 10, the update option is automatically turned on. Windows does not allow turning this option off for home users. In case, you face any type of data loss during update , try employing a third-party hard drive recovery software to restore your lost, accidentally or formatted data back to your device.
If the temperature of your system processor is higher than usual, the chances are that the computer may freeze. The symptoms through which you can detect the higher temperature of your processor are abnormal noise on startup and high squealing. Analyze the system when you turn it on and listen carefully to the sound generated by the fan.
One major reason behind computer freeze issue is hardware misconfiguration. This may have occurred due to misconfigured hardware component that you recently installed to your computer. Hardware component you installed recently may be incompatible with the computer. Remove that hardware and then test whether the computer is running smoothly. Then look for the most appropriate alternate for the removed hardware mechanism.
If the system freezes at regular intervals of time, the reason could be an insufficient RAM. It is mandatory to have considerable RAM to keep the system running smoothly. Sometimes, there could be applications and 3D games installed on device that makes it bulky and hence causes system hang issues.
In addition, it is quite probable that the motherboard, CPU or Power Supply may not be working appropriately. In several cases, modifying BIOS settings can cause serious issues and may put the system in the freeze mode.
Overclocking system processor or RAM causes instability problems. If this is the case that is causing the system to freeze, reset the BIOS settings to default. This can be done by removing CMOS and putting it back after several minutes. Your computer power supply unit must be efficient enough to deliver sufficient voltage to the system. Even if you have a powerful computer with the latest processor, sufficient RAM, GPU and advanced motherboard, inadequate power supply or sudden power surge can cause computer freeze on next startup.
You can prevent this by installing an uninterrupted power supply unit that can handle low voltage issues and keep the system running for some time even if there is no power. Faulty USB or external devices connected to the system can cause frequent or random reboots. Devices such as a mouse, keyboard, USB camera or gaming consoles connected to the computer externally can be the actual cause of issues such as system shut down, followed by a freeze.
Remove all the connected devices to check if the system works normally. Also, update the USB device drivers to prevent such issues. That clicking sound coming out of the CPU of your system is nothing, but a symptom alerting you that something is wrong with the hard drive.
Alternatively, run a diagnostic check to examine the hard drive and execute appropriate workaround thereafter. Due to hard drive malfunction, if any of the data gets deleted accidentally, it can be recovered efficiently using hard disk recovery tool.
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