All programs not responding

The_Grandmaster

Not responding to all or just some? Try one at a time perhaps.

vivaladiva

Finally got Hijack this to sort itself out.

Trying to run a full malware bytes scan rather than the quick one, but getting not responding on that too now.

There had been a horrible grinding noise coming from the laptop as it boots up recently, but it has cleared now. Could that be the root of the problem? It was fine up to a couple of days ago.

aliEnRIK

vivaladiva wrote: »

There had been a horrible grinding noise coming from the laptop as it boots up recently, but it has cleared now. Could that be the root of the problem? It was fine up to a couple of days ago.

Every chance

vivaladiva

Hard drive packing up? It's about 3 years old. If so, is it simple to replace/worth replacing?

aliEnRIK

Laptops are not the easiest things to get into

And youd need to reinstall the operating system etc once its in

If thats what your thinking then you should start a new thread asking for somones advice on it and state which laptop it is

That said, 1st thing would obviously be determine if it is the hardrive

vivaladiva

As in whether it's the hard drive or a software problem?

fiddiwebb

vivaladiva wrote: »

As in whether it's the hard drive or a software problem?

No, it will be a hardware problem.

Could it be the fan making the noise or do you think it is in fact the hard drive?

vivaladiva

fiddiwebb wrote: »

No, it will be a hardware problem.

Could it be the fan making the noise or do you think it is in fact the hard drive?

Eldest son suggested it could be the fan. How do I work out which it is?