My computer boots up then freezes

[jondodge]

Hello, when i first turn on my computer it makes a clicking sound then i get a black screen with just the mouse cursor, if i restart if it works fine, it does this every time if its off a hour or so. its a dell insperon 560 desktop less than a year old, ive spend 3 or 4 hrs will dell tech on phone to no avail, they have tried all kinds of repairs, any sugestions? i think its the hard drive and they are trying to patch it till im out or warranty 28 days left. thank you

 

[abekl]

Do you happen to know, or can you find out the make of your HDD? If it's a Seagate, you can use their free Seatools utility to see if your HDD is generating errors.

 

[HEXiT]

if you have another hdd, try installing windows on that and see if it boots. the same way... or if you have a windows disk try booting from it. if it freezes when it comes to check your storage then its likely to be the hdd.