Hard drive crash when watching video

ROBAXET

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I know it's probably good for the dump, but I'm just trying to understand the problem.

I can do anything on my computer except watching video. When I do, the hard drive makes a loud parking noise, everything freezes for like 30 seconds, then the drive restarts and I got barely enough time to close the video or web page before it craps-out again. Evidently, if I fail to take back control of things, it is windows that will eventually crap-out with a blue screen. It seems related to video size.

Never happens with a game, and the computer always starts fine. It's been doing that for something like a year, and I'm just trying to save it's life here.
 
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What program are you using to watch video? Is it up to date with latest patches?
What HDD, make & model?
Please list all HDD and SSD, if any.
What mobo?
When was last mobo BIOS update?
Which OS? 32 bit or 64 bit?
How much RAM? Make and model RAM?

Yogi
 

ROBAXET

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Damn, it's like I prefer to dump the thing than to answer your questions!

It's an old computer I use for internet, I don't even remember what processor it got as I never shut it down and when it crashes my screen automatically switches to another computer so I don't see it booting... The motherboard is bolted on a piece of wood, and it got duct tape all over.

I was just asking if someone had a quick answer, but I still thank you for your reply.

So, it is a pentium 4 2,66 ghz
2 gb of memory
windows XP
an ATI card
a 450W PS
Everything is up to date.
The HD is a WD 140 g parallel, and if I swap it with another one I can watch videos no problem.

The computer can run for weeks on end without a problem, and I back-up my important stuff regularly in case the HD totally fails, it's just that lately i've been watching videos regularly and it is really annoying.

Thank you again.
 


You're quite welcome.

You didn't say what your video program is. Have you tried VLC yet? http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html


Yogi
 
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