Question:
For the past 6 months or so, I have been having problems with my laptop. Its a Sony Vaio FE800. I have Microsoft Vista loaded as the OS. At first, while the computer was either sitting ideal or in use, it would go to a "BLUE SCREEN" and there would be a message stating I have a "hardware malfunction". Sometimes this would happen within 20 minutes of start-up or even 2-3 hours later. I was able to reload Vista and after several attempts, it finally stopped happening.
But now, after every two weeks or so, my computer freezes randomly. After i restart it, it wont start and displays a message "windows failed to load due to new hardware or driver installation/changes". I click the option restart last good known configuration and it goes into a loop and never gets to the log-in screen. I have erased EVERYTING completely and reinstalled Vista several times already and it will work fine for 2-4 weeks average and then freeze one day randomly and never start up again after that. sometimes displaying the message "registry file missing". I have anti-virus on here and have also tried "system restore" but it says there is no "restore point" even after i created one.
does anyone know what the problem might be or any suggestions. i would appreciate it. thanks!
For the past 6 months or so, I have been having problems with my laptop. Its a Sony Vaio FE800. I have Microsoft Vista loaded as the OS. At first, while the computer was either sitting ideal or in use, it would go to a "BLUE SCREEN" and there would be a message stating I have a "hardware malfunction". Sometimes this would happen within 20 minutes of start-up or even 2-3 hours later. I was able to reload Vista and after several attempts, it finally stopped happening.
But now, after every two weeks or so, my computer freezes randomly. After i restart it, it wont start and displays a message "windows failed to load due to new hardware or driver installation/changes". I click the option restart last good known configuration and it goes into a loop and never gets to the log-in screen. I have erased EVERYTING completely and reinstalled Vista several times already and it will work fine for 2-4 weeks average and then freeze one day randomly and never start up again after that. sometimes displaying the message "registry file missing". I have anti-virus on here and have also tried "system restore" but it says there is no "restore point" even after i created one.
does anyone know what the problem might be or any suggestions. i would appreciate it. thanks!
