Dell Laptop freezes even If I take out the Windows HD and boot from TrueImage Home v10 CD
I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 with 3GB ram that boots up Win Vista Home Basic just fine but will freeze up and be useless within 15 minutes or so. I just recently restored the machine to factory state from the recovery partition which I believe means it is not infected or corrupted. I then let Windows update itself with all patches. The laptop still freezes up after about 15 minutes.
I thought I could back up the drive by booting from my Acronis v10 TrueImage CD. I can boot the machine fine. TrueImage sees both the internal and the USB external drive I plugged in as my target device. If I instruct TrueImage to back up the internal to the external, the processes begin but the system freezes up after about 15 minutes.
I removed the internal HDD, which is a Hitachi 250GB, and booted from the Acronis CD. Even though there is no internal HD, the system booted up as expected with the normal appearance and options. I left the system alone and within 15 minutes or so it was frozen. It froze up with no internal HD present, after booting from the Acronis CD.
With no HD present, I can assume Windows is not at fault, right? I can also assume the HD is not the problem, right? What would cause a lockup with Acronis TrueImage bootable CD running? NO other diagnostic reveals any problem. Are my expectations that TrueImage should be able to back up Windows Vista volume to an external HD sensible?
I am stumped.
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This doesn't sound like at ati prob but a prob with the laptop. run diagnositcs that came with the machine and see if it can locate a fault -- bad memory, disk error, faulty card.
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There are disk problems but I find the machine freezing up even when the disk is removed and I boot from a CD. I've run several different diagnostics and no issues are found. Isn't this strange?
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check that the ventilation fan spins and that it isnt loaded with dust. Check that no connectors (wifi card, disk, battery, etc.) are loose. Beyond that it gets trickier.
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