Interesting. I thought my computer's "blank" moments (normally during late startup i.e. during userinit) were "16-bit" hardware drivers not allowing co-processing. Perhaps it is just imminent hardware failure for me too.
(In my case I think it is the DVD-ROM drive -- I don't use it very much and it occasionally does not appear on the device list, but this doesn't necessarily correspond to when the "blank" moments occur.) -- Regards, Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.) On 22 November 2010 17:50, Kirsten Greed <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi David, David & Wallace > > It turns out cloning the drive fixed the problem > > I am now on a new drive, and thankfully things are working fine > > Kirsten > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Wallace Turner > Sent: Thursday, 18 November 2010 9:35 AM > To: ozDotNet > Subject: Re: [OT] System Idle Process Running at 98% and I cant use my PC > > > > try running ResMon (start -> run -> resmon.exe) and see if anything looks > abnormal. I take it you are not using an SSD... > > On 18/11/2010 4:45 AM, Kirsten Greed wrote: > > Hi All > > > > Can anyone advise corrective action for a computer that becomes > unresponsive? – Seemingly having something to do with the hard drive > activity > > The disk light is on and the disk is whirring > > > > Task manager shows no stress on the CPU or memory > > > > At regular intervals my computer becomes unresponsive for a minute or so > > > > Thanks > > Kirsten > >
